title: Forensic DNA-typing technologies: a review.
abstract: Since the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiling in 1985, forensic genetics has experienced a continuous technical revolution, both in the type of DNA markers used and in the methodologies or its detection. Highly informative and robust DNA-typing systems have been developed that have proven to be very effective in the individualization of biological material of human origin. DNA analysis has become the standard method in forensic genetics used by laboratories for the majority of forensic genetic expertise and especially in criminal forensic casework (stain analysis and hairs) and identification.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carracedo
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Diz
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004247:DNA