Andreas O. Tillmar

TL;DR: A strong correlation was observed between the number of Y-STRs included in a marker set and some of the forensic parameters under study, and a weak but consistent trend toward smaller genetic distances resulting from larger numbers of markers became apparent.

TL;DR: The value of RM Y‐STRs in identifying and separating unrelated and related males and providing a reference database is demonstrated and the value of Y‐ STRs relative to Yfiler is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Methods designed to deal with DVI problems and a new simulation model to study distribution of likelihoods are described and implemented, widely used by forensic laboratories worldwide to compute likelihoods in relationship scenarios.

TL;DR: A universal deep sequencing method using 454 GS Junior sequencing of a target on the mitochondrial gene 16S rRNA that shows to be promising, discriminating over 99.9 % of mammal species and the ability to detect multiple donors within a mixture and also to detect minor components as low as 1 % of a mixed sample.

TL;DR: This study showed that the tested markers all have highly informative forensic values and that there is a significant degree of linkage disequilibrium between the STR markers within the four linkage groups, and demonstrated that two of the linkage groups are partially linked.