16th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics (Internationale Gesellschaft für forensische Hämogenetik e.V.), Santiago de Compostela, 12–16 September 1995

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. Mitochondrial DNA

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Ancient and Modern Humans

      • Erika Hagelberg

      Pages 3-10

   3. A Two Stage Strategy for the Automated Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA

      • K. M. Sullivan, G. Tully, R. Alliston-Greiner, A. Hopwood, J. E. Bark, P. Gill

      Pages 11-13

   4. Mixing and Thermic Treatment of Mitochondrial PCR Fragments Reveal Sequence Differences by Heteroduplex Formation -A Rapid Method for Forensic Identity Testing

      • R. Szibor, I. Plate, E. Kirches, D. Krause

      Pages 14-16

   5. Genetic Analysis of Single Hair Shafts by Automated Sequence Analysis of the Mitochondrial D-Loop Region

      • R. Decorte, E. Jehaes, F.-X. Xiao, J.-J. Cassiman

      Pages 17-19

   6. Mithocondrial HVR1 Polymorphism in Italy

      • E. d’Aloja, I. Boschi, A. Moscetti, M. Dobosz, V. L. Pascali, A. Fiori

      Pages 20-22

   7. mtDNA sequences in the Norwegian Saami and main populations

      • B. M. Dupuy, B. Olaisen

      Pages 23-25

   8. Mitochondrial DNA Quantification in Animal Blood and Hair by Slot-Blotting

      • F. Fridez, R. Coquoz

      Pages 26-28

   9. Detection of Sequence Variants in Hypervariable Segments of Mitochondrial DNA in the Asian Population

      • K. Honda, M. Nakatome, S. Harihara, Zaw Tun, M. N. Islam, H. Bai et al.

      Pages 29-31

   10. Routine Mitochondrial DNA Identification

       • C. Tesson, A. Penaud, M. G. Le Roux, A. Millasseau, V. Guibert, J. P. Moisan et al.

       Pages 32-34

   11. Automated Fluorescent Sequencing of Mitochondrial DNA for Italian Population Frequency Data

       • P. Montagna, R. Biondo, S. Tavano, S. Giuliacci, A. Pezza, A. Spinella

       Pages 35-38

3. DNA Sequencing Data

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The STR approach

      • B. Brinkmann

      Pages 41-51

   3. Analysis of sequence variations in the alleles from three STR loci.

      • L. Perlee, J. Neuweiler, I. Balazs

      Pages 52-54

   4. AMPFLP-Typing for the HUMCD4 STR Polymorphism in an Austrian Caucasoid Population Sample: Sequence Data and Allele Distribution

      • B. Glock, D. W. M. Schwartz, E. M. Dauber, E. M. Schwartz-Jungl, W. R. Mayr

      Pages 55-57

   5. Typing of the HUMVWA Microsatellite Polymorphism: Allele Frequencies and Sequencing Data

      • D. W. M. Schwartz, E. M. Dauber, B. Glock, W. R. Mayr

      Pages 58-59

   6. Sequencing and Size Determination of the D1S80 Interallele

      • H. Fukushima, N. Harashima, Y. Katsuyama, M. Ota, C. Y. Liu, Y. Hama

      Pages 60-62

   7. Analysis of the Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism D18S51: Allele Frequencies and Sequence Studies

      • P. Berschick, J. Reinhold

      Pages 63-65

   8. Investigation of the STR Humlipol in Austrian Caucasoid Individuals: Sequence Data and Allele Frequencies

      • B. Glock, D. W. M. Schwartz, E. M. Dauber, E. M. Schwartz-Jungl, W. R. Mayr

      Pages 66-68

The 6th volume of "Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics" comprises the scientific contributions to the 16th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics ISFH held on Sept., 12-16, 1995 at Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The numerous papers mainly deal with the applicability of DNA technology to forensic questions. The invited speakers approached important topics such as variation of mitochondrial DNA in ancient and modern humans, the "STR approach" to solve forensic questions, the statistical analysis of STR data, automation of DNA analysis, long PCR and its applications, national DNA databases and ethical and legal aspects of DNA analysis. It has become obvious that PCR based polymorphic systems clearly dominate the scene of forensic DNA analysis worldwide. It will however be necessary to make efforts to standardize the still increasing number of systems with regard to nomenclature to achieve a universal comparability of results. Legal systems differ from country to country which has to be taken into account when reporting DNA results. There is still controversy about the way DNA results are to be presented in court-rooms. We should make efforts to assess the value of DNA evidence by a common scientifc statistical approach that is comprehensive enough to treat all possible hypotheses such as involved relatives, different ethnics and/or the not so rare situations with mixed stains.

• DNA polymorphisms
• Forensic Genetics
• Genetic Markers
• blood
• legal medicine
• metabolism
• plasma

• Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  Angel Carracedo

• Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

  Bernd Brinkmann

• Institute for Legal Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  Walter Bär

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