Forensic analysis of biological evidence : a Laboratory guide for serological and DNA typing

 Content: An Overview of Forensic DNA Analysis Types of Biological Specimens Exercise 1: Evidence Examination Using an Alternate Light Source Forensic Serology Exercise 2: Detection of Saliva Exercise 3: Detection of Blood Exercise 4: Detection and Identification of Semen Exercise 5: Detection and Identification of Urine Exercise 6 - DNA Extraction Exercise 7: Concentration of Extracted DNA Exercise 8: Microcon Concentration and Purification of Extracted DNA Exercise 9 - Assessing the Quality and Quantity of Isolated DNA The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Exercise 10: Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis Exercise 11: Using Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis to Determine Paternity (A Case Study) Exercise 12: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Tests: Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat (Y-STR) Analysis (A Case Study) Exercise 13: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Analysis Exercise 14: Assessment of DNA Typing Data Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) for Human Identification: An Emerging Forensic Tool References and Suggested Readings Appendix A: Composition of Buffers and Solutions Appendix B: Using a Micropipet Appendix C: Glossary Index
 Abstract:             "Whether a stand-alone laboratory manual or in conjunction with Richard Li's Forensic Biology, Second Edition, this book provides more than a dozen exercises covering analysis of biological evidence. Originally published as Forensic DNA Analysis: A Laboratory Manual, this greatly revised work offers updated exercises and protocols for all kinds of DNA and serological analyses with delineated objectives, step-by-step procedures, and laboratory supplies including advanced instrumentation. It provides a glossary of terms, 14 general information tables, and ancillary instructor's materials along with background material on DNA, downloadable exercises forms, and video instruction for self-teaching"--
"DNA typing has revolutionized criminal investigations and has become a powerful tool in the identification of individuals in criminal and paternity cases. In the past few years, the general public has become familiar with forensic DNA typing based on exposure from media coverage (e.g., the O.J. Simpson trial, the President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, and identification of individuals killed in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York city and the Pentagon in Arlington, VA) and television (e.g., Forensic Files, CSI: Miami). Although these cases have generated widespread media attention, they represent only a small fraction of the thousands of forensic DNA and paternity cases that are conducted by public and private laboratories in the United States and abroad"