Forensic investigation approaches of searching relatives in DNA databases.

Abstract excerpt

There are several indirect database searching approaches to identify the potential source of a forensic biological sample. These DNA-based approaches are familial searching, Y-STR database searching, and investigative genetic genealogy (IGG). The first two strategies use forensic DNA databases managed by the government, and the latter uses databases managed by private citizens or companies. Each of these search...

Topics

• Chromosomes, Human, Y
• DNA Fingerprinting
• Databases, Nucleic Acid
• Forensic Genetics
• Humans
• Information Storage and Retrieval
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Pedigree
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide