1. A novel forensic panel of 186-plex SNPs and 123-plex STR loci based on massively parallel sequencing

   • Xinyao Miao
   • Yuesheng Shen
   • Bao Zhang

   Original Article 26 August 2020 Pages: 709 - 718

   

2. Aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-9 gene variations in sudden infant death syndrome

   • Siri Hauge Opdal
   • Linda Ferrante
   • Arne Stray-Pedersen

   Original Article Open access 18 January 2021 Pages: 719 - 725

   

3. Towards developing forensically relevant single-cell pipelines by incorporating direct-to-PCR extraction: compatibility, signal quality, and allele detection

   • Nidhi Sheth
   • Harish Swaminathan
   • Catherine M. Grgicak

   Original Article 23 January 2021 Pages: 727 - 738

   

4. Developmental validation of the MGIEasy Signature Identification Library Prep Kit, an all-in-one multiplex system for forensic applications

   • Ran Li
   • Xuefeng Shen
   • Hongyu Sun

   Original Article 01 February 2021 Pages: 739 - 753

   

5. Combined application of multiple autosomal and Y-chromosomal STR loci in solving a homicide case in 2009

   • Xingyi Yang
   • Quyi Xu
   • Chao Liu

   Case Report 28 May 2020 Pages: 755 - 760

   

6. Genetic polymorphism analysis of 23 STR loci in the Tujia population from Chongqing, Southwest China

   • Li Zhang
   • Fan Yang
   • Jianbo Li

   Population Data 06 April 2020 Pages: 761 - 763

7. Genomic polymorphism in North-western Indian population based on autosomal STR’s: a population data study

   • Rajesh Kumar
   • Anand Kumar
   • Ajay Kumar Tilawat

   Population Data 05 June 2020 Pages: 765 - 766

8. Forensic parameters and genetic structure analysis of 30 autosomal InDels of the population in Freetown, Sierra Leone

   • Han Wang
   • Foday Ambrose Marah
   • Lagabaiyila Zha

   Population Data 31 August 2020 Pages: 767 - 769

9. Genetic variation of 20 autosomal STRs in Jats belonging to Delhi, India

   • Lalita
   • K. P. S. Kushwaha
   • Pankaj Shrivastava

   Population Data 12 September 2020 Pages: 771 - 773

10. Forensic application and genetic diversity of 21 autosomal STR loci in five major population groups of Pakistan

    • Muhammad Adnan Shan
    • Claus Børsting
    • Niels Morling

    Population Data 26 September 2020 Pages: 775 - 777

11. Allelic frequencies with 23 autosomic STRS in the Aymara population of Peru

    • Carlos David Neyra-Rivera
    • Andres Ticona Arenas
    • Bruce Budowle

    Population Data 21 October 2020 Pages: 779 - 781

12. Forensic and phylogenetic analyses of populations in the Tibetan-Yi corridor using 41 Y-STRs

    • Guang-Yao Fan
    • Zhen-Qing Zhang
    • Meng-Nan Liu

    Population Data 03 November 2020 Pages: 783 - 785

13. Exploring the Western Mediterranean through X-chromosome

    • J. F. Ferragut
    • K. Bentayebi
    • A. Picornell

    Population Data 03 January 2021 Pages: 787 - 790

14. Forensic characterization and genetic evaluation in the Central Indian population using 27 Y-STRs

    • Kamlesh Kaitholia
    • Hirak Ranjan Dash
    • Gyaneshwer Chaubey

    Population Data 06 January 2021 Pages: 791 - 792

15. Determining the prevalence of sudden and unexplained death in childhood (SUDC): a national Australian perspective

    • Jhodie R. Duncan
    • Roger W. Byard

    Original Article 23 October 2020 Pages: 793 - 800

    

16. Through fire and flames: post-burning survival and detection of dismemberment-related toolmarks in cremated cadavers

    • Pilar Mata Tutor
    • Nicholas Márquez-Grant
    • María Benito Sánchez

    Original Article 21 October 2020 Pages: 801 - 815

    

17. An efficient method for building a database of diatom populations for drowning site inference using a deep learning algorithm

    • Ji Zhang
    • Yuanyuan Zhou
    • Ping Huang

    Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 817 - 827

    

18. Comparison between computed tomography and silicone-casting methods to determine gunshot cavities in ballistic soap

    • Irene Burgos-Díez
    • Félix Zapata
    • Fernando Ortega-Ojeda

    Original Article 14 November 2020 Pages: 829 - 836

    

19. PP2A-C may be a promising candidate for postmortem interval estimation

    • Jing Wang
    • Gang Chen
    • Xinshe Liu

    Original Article 06 January 2021 Pages: 837 - 844

    

20. Comparative use of aqueous humour ¹H NMR metabolomics and potassium concentration for PMI estimation in an animal model

    • Emanuela Locci
    • Matteo Stocchero
    • Ernesto d’Aloja

    Original Article Open access 20 November 2020 Pages: 845 - 852

    

21. Biomechanical assessment of various punching techniques

    • Jiri Adamec
    • Peter Hofer
    • Jutta Schöpfer

    Original Article Open access 14 October 2020 Pages: 853 - 859

    

22. Life-threatening danger assessments of penetrating injuries in Eastern Danish clinical forensic medicine

    • Lykke Schrøder Jakobsen
    • Marie Toftdahl Christensen
    • Jytte Banner

    Original Article Open access 07 January 2021 Pages: 861 - 870

    

23. The usefulness of a trauma probability of survival model for forensic life-threatening danger assessments

    • Lykke Schrøder Jakobsen
    • Niels Lynnerup
    • Jytte Banner

    Original Article Open access 03 January 2021 Pages: 871 - 877

    

24. Fake gunshot wounds in the skull—post-mortem artifact caused by steel probe during police search for a missing body

    • Michał Kaliszan
    • Wojciech Dalewski
    • Zbigniew Jankowski

    Case Report Open access 09 September 2020 Pages: 879 - 883

    

25. Assessment of bullet holes through the analysis of mushroom-shaped morphology in synthetic fibres: analysis of six cases

    • Stefano De Luca
    • Miriam Pérez de los Ríos

    Case Report 31 July 2020 Pages: 885 - 892

    

26. Preventable fatal injury during rally race: a multidisciplinary approach

    • Stefania Zerbo
    • Clio Bilotta
    • Sergio Salerno

    Case Report Open access 25 November 2020 Pages: 893 - 901

    

27. Death in the sauna-vitality markers for heat exposure

    • Anja Wegner
    • Elke Doberentz
    • Burkhard Madea

    Case Report Open access 14 January 2021 Pages: 903 - 908

    

28. Validation of Roebuck 1518 synthetic chamois as a skin simulant when backed by 10% gelatin

    • Amy Pullen
    • David C. Kieser
    • Gary Hooper

    Short Communication 26 August 2020 Pages: 909 - 912

    

29. Pulmonary PMCT angiography by right ventricle cardiac puncture: a novel, promising approach for investigating pulmonary thromboembolism

    • Zhi-Ling Tian
    • Zhuo-Qun Wang
    • Yi-Jiu Chen

    Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 913 - 920

    

30. Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral globi pallidi lesions in a death associated with prolonged carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report

    • Shigeki Tsuneya
    • Yohsuke Makino
    • Hirotaro Iwase

    Case Report 14 January 2021 Pages: 921 - 928

    

31. Technical note: preliminary insight into a new method for age-at-death estimation from the pubic symphysis

    • Andrés Castillo
    • Ignasi Galtés
    • Xavier Jordana

    Original Article 06 October 2020 Pages: 929 - 937

    

32. Virtual anthropology? Reliability of three-dimensional photogrammetry as a forensic anthropology measurement and documentation technique

    • Rita Omari
    • Cahill Hunt
    • Brendan Chapman

    Original Article 27 November 2020 Pages: 939 - 950

    

33. Machine learning approaches for sex estimation using cranial measurements

    • Diana Toneva
    • Silviya Nikolova
    • Nikolai Lazarov

    Original Article 11 November 2020 Pages: 951 - 966

    

34. Volatile compounds reveal age: a study of volatile organic compounds released by Chrysomya rufifacies immatures

    • Anika Sharma
    • Jeffery K. Tomberlin
    • Madhu Bala

    Original Article 23 November 2020 Pages: 967 - 977

    

35. Scavenger activity in a peri-urban agricultural setting in the Highveld of South Africa

    • Craig A. Keyes
    • J. Myburgh
    • D. Brits

    Original Article 01 September 2020 Pages: 979 - 991

    

36. Test of the auricular surface sex estimation method in fetuses and non-adults under 5 years old from the Lisbon and Granada Reference Collections

    • Leandro H. Luna
    • Claudia M. Aranda
    • Ana Luísa Santos

    Original Article 29 September 2020 Pages: 993 - 1003

    

37. Volatile organic compounds in variably aged carrion impacted by the presence of the primary colonizer, Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

    • Zanthé Kotzé
    • Pablo J. Delclos
    • Jeffery K. Tomberlin

    Original Article 07 January 2021 Pages: 1005 - 1014

    

38. Morphological analysis of three-dimensionally reconstructed frontal sinuses from Chinese Han population using computed tomography

    • Huan Zhao
    • Yuan Li
    • Lin Zhang

    Original Article 17 October 2020 Pages: 1015 - 1023

    

39. Phosphorescence of thermally altered human bone

    • Tristan Krap
    • Loes Busscher
    • Wilma Duijst

    Original Article Open access 19 November 2020 Pages: 1025 - 1034

    

40. Advancements in sex estimation using the diaphyseal cross-sectional geometric properties of the lower and upper limbs

    • Andreas Bertsatos
    • Nefeli Garoufi
    • Maria-Eleni Chovalopoulou

    Original Article 08 October 2020 Pages: 1035 - 1046

    

41. Inequality in the last resort: how medical appraisal affects malpractice litigations in China

    • Fengbo Liang
    • Junqiang Liu
    • Paicheng Liu

    Original Article 12 August 2020 Pages: 1047 - 1054

42. Discriminant functions for sex estimation using the rib necks in a Spanish population

    • Manuel Partido Navadijo
    • Ignacio Fombuena Zapata
    • Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera

    Original Article 06 March 2021 Pages: 1055 - 1065

    

43. Common and much less common scenarios in which botany is crucial for forensic pathologist and anthropologists: a series of eight case studies

    • Marco Caccianiga
    • Giulia Caccia
    • Cristina Cattaneo

    Case Report Open access 19 December 2020 Pages: 1067 - 1077

    

44. Evaluating the morphological and metric sex of human crania using 3-dimensional (3D) technology

    • Victoria Berezowski
    • Tracy Rogers
    • Eugene Liscio

    Short Communication 07 May 2020 Pages: 1079 - 1085

    

45. New data about the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

    • Maria Teresa Ferreira
    • Catarina Coelho
    • Francisco Curate

    Short Communication 28 August 2020 Pages: 1087 - 1094

    

46. Accuracies of discriminant function equations for sex estimation using long bones of upper extremities

    • Mubarak A. Bidmos
    • Pedzisai Mazengenya

    Population Data 11 November 2020 Pages: 1095 - 1102

47. Correction to: Forensic genetic analysis of population of Madhya Pradesh with PowerPlex Fusion 6C™ Multiplex System

    • Shivani Dixit
    • Pankaj Shrivastava
    • Gyaneshwer Choubey

    Correction 23 March 2021 Pages: 1103 - 1103

48. Correction to: Fracture patterns of the hyoid-larynx complex after fatal trauma on the neck: retrospective radiological postmortem analysis of 284 cases

    • Henri M. de Bakker
    • Moritz V. Warmbrunn
    • Bernadette S. de Bakker

    Correction 01 September 2020 Pages: 1105 - 1113

    

49. Correction to: Homicide and concealment of the corpse. Autopsy case series and review of the literature

    • Maria De Matteis
    • Arianna Giorgetti
    • Massimo Montisci

    Correction 18 June 2020 Pages: 1115 - 1115

50. Correction to: Discriminant functions for sex estimation using the rib necks in a Spanish population

    • Manuel Partido Navadijo
    • Ignacio Fombuena Zapata
    • Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera

    Correction 19 March 2021 Pages: 1117 - 1117