Progress in Forensic Genetics 10: Proceedings of the 20th International ISFG Congress held in Arcachon, France 9-13 September 2003, ICS 1261, 1e (International Congress) (No. 10)

This volume of Progress in Forensic Genetics contains mainly short three-page manuscripts of the oral and poster presentations at the congress. The manuscripts have been through a reviewing and editing procedure in order to maintain the high quality of the series. It is hoped that all attendees and also those who were not able to attend will be able to profit from the high level of scientific information contained in this book and that this will stimulate the readership to innovative research in this rapidly changing field of forensic genetics.

Dedication.

Preface.

Committees.

National DNA databases - practice and practicability. A forum for discussion (P.D. Martin). Detection of genetic variation by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: rapid SNP genotyping using the GENOLINK system (D. Niemeyer et al.). Development of SNP microarray for supplementary paternity testing (P. Ellonen et al.). Multiplex Y chromosome SNP genotyping using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (J. Mengel-Jørgensen et al.). Selecting single nucleotide polymorphisms for forensic applications (C. Phillips et al.). SNPs: tools for individual identification (E. Petkovski et al.). Whole genome amplification - the solution for a common problem in forensic casework? (P.M. Schneideret al.). Nonbinary single-nucleotide polymorphism markers (C. Phillips et al.). Population studies using single nucleotide polymorphisms - how important is detailed sample origin information? (C. Thacker et al.). Characteristics of D5S818 mutations revealed through study of a flanking marker (M. Edwards, R.W. Allen). Cytochrome P450 2D6 genotyping of fatal intoxications using Pyrosequencing (A.L. Zackrisson et al.). The identification of the victims of the Linate air crash by DNA analysis (A. Piccinini et al.). Large-scale comparative genotyping and kinship analysis: evolution in its use for human identification in mass fatality incidents and missing persons databasing (B. Leclair). Use of laser microdissection greatly improves the recovery of DNA from sperm on microscope slides (K. Elliott et al.). Discrepant results of samples taken from different tissues of a single individual (E.M. Dauber et al.). Genetic investigation of modern burned corpses (N. von Wurmb-Schwarket al.). Attribution of DNA profiles to body fluid stains (C. Peel, P. Gill). Genetic considerations for interpreting molecular microbial forensic evidence (B. Budowle, R. Chakraborty). Assigning individuals to ethnic groups based on 13 STR loci (X. Fosella et al.). Between country comparison of a large Caucasian STR database collected as part of the Standardisation in DNA Profiling project (D. Syndercombe Court). FINEX, FAMILIAS: two different approaches for the analysis of defective paternity cases (M. Dobosz et al.). Germline mutations at 15 STR loci in the Chinese population (W.-m. Tang, M.-y. Law). The distribution of Y-chromosomal haplotypes: forensic implications (M.A. Jobling, T.E. King). 29 Y-chromosome SNP analysis in European populations (M. Brion et al.). Y-chromosomal microsatellite mutation rates: differences in mutation rate between and within loci (B.M. Dupuyet al.). Y-SNPs analysis in Japanese using liquid bead array technology (M. Hashiyada, M. Nata, T. Nagashima). The highly discriminating Y-STR DYS464: a reasonable extension of the minimal Y-STR haplotype? (B. Berger et al.). Multiplexed assays for evaluation of Y-SNP markers in US populations (P.M. Vallone, J.M. Butler). How much more should the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database increase to reach a pragmatic saturation level? (L. Pereira, A. Amorim). The mitochondrial DNA tree and forensic science (M. Richards). Evaluation and validation of quality assessment of mitochondrial control region sequence data by Phred (E. Sørensenet al.). Analysis of SNP-variation in the coding region of mitochondrial DNA (A. Coene et al.). Beyond HV1 and HV2 - identification of valuable mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms (W. Branicki et al.). Measuring by fragment analysis the proportion of length variants in samples carrying length heteroplasmy at the homopolymeric C-stretch in mitochondrial HVII region (L. Prieto et al.). EMPOP - the EDNAP mtDNA population database concept for a new generation, high-quality mtDNA database (W. Parson et al.). Is selection at mtDNA really a major concern? (L. Pereira, A. Amorim). Multiple mutations, covert mutations and false exclusions in paternity casework (C.H. Brenner). Results of the 2003 paternity testing workshop of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (B.T. Simonsen, N. Morling). eDNA: networking software tailored for identity testing laboratories (R.W. Allen, K. Harman, A. Sieker). Proficiency testing programs for DNA typing laboratories offered by the College of American Pathologists (R.W. Allen et al.). GEP proficiency testing program in forensic genetics: 10 years of experience (J. Gómez et al.). Y-SNP typing by SNaPshotT in the Belgian population and in degraded forensic samples (N. Siebert, B. Hoste). A study of STR loci (D18S51, FGA, TH01, TPOX) in sub-Saharan populations (M. Regueiro et al.). African STR data based on a newly developed tetraplex fluorescent system (CD4, F13A01, FES and MBPB) (C. Alves et al.). Allele frequencies for CODIS loci in a Sicilian population sample (C. Vecchio et al.). Allele frequencies of 15 STR loci in Argentine population (A.M. Di Lonardo et al.). Allele frequencies of 15 STR loci in a Spanish population (J.C. Carril et al.). Allele frequency distribution of two X-chromosomal STR loci in the Han population in China (M. Lv et al.). An isolated exclusion in the FGA system (U.-D. Immel et al.). Analysis of 12 STR loci in Antioquia (Colombia) population sample (M.L.J. Bravo et al.). Data analysis of D1S1656, D12S391 and D18S535 loci in two Colombian populations: Antioquia and Chocó (J.-J. Builes et al.). Differences in allele distribution at 15 STR loci among four Japanese regional populations (T. Yamamoto et al.). Extended polymorphism at STR-locus D5S818 (M. Dülmeret al.). Genetic analysis of the short tandem repeat loci FGA, D7S820, D1S355, D9S304, D12S1090, D3S1744 and D18S849 in an Antioquia (Colombia) population sample (J.J. Builes et al.). Genetic profile of the Ecuadorian Black population (Ecuador-South America) by using the Power Plex® 16 system kit (F. González-Andrade et al.). Genetic study on 10 STR loci in the Romanian population (L.E. Barbarii et al.). Genetic variation at autosomal and Y-chromosome STRs, and HVRI mtDNA in Ibiza population (C. Tomàs et al.). Genotyping inconsistencies and null alleles using AmpFLSTR® Identifiler® and Powerplex® 16 kits (A. Amorim et al.). H?a h?u Amerindian population from La Sierra Otomí-Tepehua (Mexico) characterised by 14 STR-PCR polymorphisms (C. Barrot-Feixat et al.). Huastecos Amerindian population (Mexico) characterised by 12 STR-PCR polymorphisms (A. González-Martin et al.). Kurdish (Iraq) and Somalian population data for 15 autosomal and 9 Y-chromosomal STR loci (M. Stenersen et al.). Multiplex PCR investigation of the STR loci C1_4_4, C2_4_4 and C3_3_6 in the HLA class I region (S. Wenda et al.). New sequence data of allelic variants at the STR loci ACTBP2 (SE33), D21S11, FGA, vWA, CSF1PO, D2S1338, D16S539, D18S51 and D19S433 in Caucasoids (E.M. Dauber et al.). Polymorphism at three STR loci on chromosome 21 (D21S1411, D21S1414, and D21S1435) in Croatia (Z. Grubic et al.). Polymorphism of AmpFlSTR Identifiler of the North Poland population (E. Kapińska et al.). POP-Gene TIMOR: first forensic DNA marker study of East-Timor people (L. Souto et al.). Population data for 15 STR loci D3S1358, TH01, D21S11, D18S51, Penta E, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, CSF1PO, Penat D, vWA, D8S1179, TPOX and FGA in Japanese (M. Hara et al.). Population analysis from 12 microsatellite loci reveled by silver stain and assisted by computer software (A. Benítez-Páez, S. Laverde). Population data on D16S539, D2S1338 and D19S433 loci in a population sample from Brescia (Italy) (N. Cerri et al.). Development and forensic applications of multiplex PCR of autosomal biallele polymorphisms (C. Turchi et al.). Population genetic analysis in a German population from Saxony-Anhalt using the PowerplexT 16 system (U.-D. Immel et al.). Population genetic data for the STR loci using the AmpFlSTR® IdentifilerT Kit in Bahia, Brazil (M.V. Santos et al.). Population genetic data from El Salvador (Central America) using AmpFlSTR® Identifiler® PCR Amplification Kit (J.A. Morales, J.C. Monterrosa, J. Puente). Genetic data on 10 STRs in a population sample of Old Believers living in the northeastern Poland (W. Pepinski et al.). Population genetics of the Identifiler system in Poland (R. Jacewiczet al.). Population specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (C. Phillips et al.). Short tandem repeat polymorphisms across the HLA-complex: sequence and population data of D6S389 and D6S1051 (R.B.K. Reisacher et al.). The development of two new STR multiplex systems (U. Ricci et al.). Towards Russian reference population data on STR loci (A.G. Smolyanitsky et al.). Validation of STR system FXIIIB for forensic investigation in a population of Central Italy (I. Sani, U. Ricci, M.L. Giovannucci Uzielli). vWA STR locus structure and variability (C. Cruz et al.). 16 Y-specific STR analysis in human remains identification (C. Vieira Silva et al.). A population study of three Y-STR loci by multiplexing in Han population in Chengdu, China (Y. Jia et al.). Advantages of X-chromosomal microsatellites in deficiency paternity testing: presentation of cases (J. Edelmann et al.). Allele distribution of five X-chromosome STR loci in an Italian population sample (G. Peloso, P. Grignani, C. Previderè). Allele frequencies for X-chromosomal microsatellites in different populations (J. Edelmann et al.). A pentaplex PCR assay for the genetic analysis of ChrX short tandem repeat (STR) loci (L. Henke, M. Dülmer, J. Henke). Analysis of Y-chromosomal haplotypes and haplogroups distribution in a population sample from Portugal (central area) (M. Carvalho et al.). Development of a heptaplex PCR system to analyse X-chromosome STR loci from five Italian population samples. A collaborative study (C. Bini et al.). Discrimination index of Y-chromosomal haplotypes in an Antioquia (Colombia) population sample (J.J. Builes et al.). Forensic value of the multicopy Y-STR marker DYS464 (J.M. Butler, R. Schoske). GATA C4 allele 17 as a marker for sub-Saharan origin of Y-chromosome lineages (L. Gusmão et al.). Genetic relationships among East and Southeast Asian populations using 14 Y-STR markers (T. Yamamoto et al.). Haplotype distribution of Y-STR loci in Beijing population (Y.C. Liu...