Includes bibliographical references and index

Recovery of high-molecular-weight DNA from blood and forensic specimens / Peter M. Schneider -- Recovery of DNA for PCR amplification from blood and forensic samples using a chelating resin / Jeanne M. Willard, Dennis A. Lee, Mitchell M. Holland -- PCR analysis of DNA from fresh and decomposed bodies and skeletal remains in medicolegal death investigations / Manfred N. Hochmeister -- PCR analysis from cigaret butts, postage stamps, envelope sealing flaps, and other saliva-stained material / Manfred N. Hochmeister, Oskar Rudin, Edda Ambach -- Quantification of DNA by slot-blot analysis / Julia Andersen -- Rapid assessment of PCR product quality and quantity by capillary electrophoresis / John M. Butler -- Southern blotting of genomic DNA for DNA profiling / Jim Thomson -- Preparation and use of alkaline-phosphatase-conjugated oligonucleotide probes for single-locus and multilocus VNTR analysis / Wayne P. Childs, Michael B. Webb, Gillian Rysiecki -- Preparation and use of 32P-labeled single-locus VNTR probes in identity testing / Jürgen Henke, Lotte Henke -- Statistical methods employed in evaluation of single-locus probe results in criminal identity cases / Bruce S. Weir -- Interpretation and statistical evaluation of multilocus DNA fingerprints in paternity and relationship testing / Gillian Rysiecki, John F. Brookfield -- Overview of PCR-based systems in identity testing / Bernd Brinkmann -- An introduction to PCR primer design and optimization of amplification reactions / James M. Robertson, Jennifer Walsh-Weller -- Analysis of amplified fragment-length polymorphisms (VNTR/STR loci) for human identity testing / Bruce Budowle, Robert C. Allen -- Amplification of short tandem repeat loci using PCR / Niels Morling -- Manual electrophoretic methods for genotyping amplified STR loci / Chris P. Phillips, Angel Carracedo, Maviky V. Lareu -- Genotyping STR loci using an automated DNA sequencer / David Watts -- Separation of PCR fragments by means of direct blotting electrophoresis / Lotte Henke, Jürgen Henke -- Amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA in forensic casework / Robert J. Steighner, Mitchell Holland -- Minisatellite variant repeat unit mapping using PCR (MVR-PCR) / David L. Neil -- Sex determination by PCR analysis of the X-Y amelogenin gene / Atsushi Akane -- Species determination by analysis of the cytochrome b gene / Rita Barallon -- Use of the AmpliType PM + HLA DQA1 PCR amplification and typing kits for identity testing / Michael L. Baird -- The use of capillary electrophoresis in genotyping STR loci / John M. Butler -- Solid-phase minisequencing as a tool to detect DNA polymorphism / Ann-Christine Syvänen