Forensic DNA phenotyping needs to be supplemented with age prediction to become a relevant
source of information on human appearance. Recent progress in analysis of the human …

Age estimation in forensic investigations may complement the prediction of externally
visible characteristics and the inference of biogeographical ancestry, thus allowing a better …

Background Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has led to an exponential increase in identification
of causative variants in mitochondrial disorders (MD). Methods We performed WES in …

Hearing impairment (HI) affects 1 in 650 newborns, which makes it the most common congenital
sensory impairment. Despite extraordinary genetic heterogeneity, mutations in one gene…

Understanding the genetic structure of the European population is important, not only from a
historical perspective, but also for the appropriate design and interpretation of genetic …

Nonrecombining Y-chromosomal microsatellites (Y-STRs) are widely used to infer population
histories, discover genealogical relationships, and identify males for criminal justice …

Objective. The genetic factors that predispose to the development of juvenile rheumatoid
arthritis (JRA) and its complications are not completely understood. The cytokine interleukin‐1 (…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the physical and psychosocial outcome in patients with juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), compared with subjects in the general population, and to determine …

DNA methylation is known as a biomarker for age with applications in forensics. Here we
describe the VISAGE (VISible Attributes through GEnomics) Consortium’s enhanced tool for …

In a worldwide collaborative effort, 19,630 Y-chromosomes were sampled from 129 different
populations in 51 countries. These chromosomes were typed for 23 short-tandem repeat (…