Investigative genetic genealogy: Current methods, knowledge and practice

Review of policies of companies and databases regarding access to customers’ genealogy data for law enforcement purposes

(2020) Sevasti Skeva et al.   Personalized Medicine

Attacks on genetic privacy via uploads to genealogical databases

(2020) Michael D Edge et al.   eLife

Pedigrees and Perpetrators: Uses of DNA and Genealogy in Forensic Investigations

(2020) Sara H. Katsanis   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Whole-genome sequencing of human remains to enable genealogy DNA database searches – A case report

(2020) Andreas Tillmar et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

An empirical investigation into the effectiveness of genetic genealogy to identify individuals in the UK

(2020) Jim Thomson et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

How many familial relationship testing results could be wrong?

(2020) Jianye Ge et al.   PLoS Genetics

Operationalising forensic genetic genealogy in an Australian context

(2020) Nathan Scudder et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

The impact of investigative genetic genealogy: perceptions of UK professional and public stakeholders

(2020) G. Samuel et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals

(2020) Carrie Arnold   NATURE

Greytak et al., 2018Genetic genealogy for cold case and active investigations

(2019) Ellen M. Greytak et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Fast and Accurate Shared Segment Detection and Relatedness Estimation in Un-phased Genetic Data via TRUFFLE

(2019) Apostolos Dimitromanolakis et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines

(2019) Michal Feldman et al.   Science Advances

Using genetic genealogy databases in missing persons cases and to develop suspect leads in violent crimes

(2019) Debbie Kennett   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Resolving a 150-year-old paternity case in Mormon history using DTC autosomal DNA testing of distant relatives

(2019) Ugo A. Perego et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Forensic genealogy—A comparison of methods to infer distant relationships based on dense SNP data

(2019) Daniel Kling et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Donnelly (1983) and the limits of genetic genealogy

(2019) Michael D. Edge et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

Fine mapping of the MHC region identifies major independent variants associated with Han Chinese primary biliary cholangitis

(2019) Chan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Genotype Imputation from Large Reference Panels

(2018) Sayantan Das et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

The Golden State Killer investigation and the nascent field of forensic genealogy

(2018) Chris Phillips   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

(2018) Pirro G. Hysi et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Applications of Probe Capture Enrichment Next Generation Sequencing for Whole Mitochondrial Genome and 426 Nuclear SNPs for Forensically Challenging Samples

(2018) Shelly Shih et al.   Genes

A One-Penny Imputed Genome from Next-Generation Reference Panels

(2018) Brian L. Browning et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Forensic genealogy: Some serious concerns

(2018) Denise Syndercombe Court   Forensic Science International-Genetics

DNA mixtures interpretation – A proof-of-concept multi-software comparison highlighting different probabilistic methods’ performances on challenging samples

(2018) E. Alladio et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Statistical Detection of Relatives Typed with Disjoint Forensic and Biomedical Loci

(2018) Jaehee Kim et al.   CELL

Variations on a Chip: Technologies of Difference in Human Genetics Research

(2018) Ramya M. Rajagopalan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

Identity inference of genomic data using long-range familial searches

(2018) Yaniv Erlich et al.   SCIENCE

Fragmented Nuclear DNA is the Predominant Genetic Material in Human Hair Shafts

(2018) Michael D. Brandhagen et al.   Genes

On the use of dense sets of SNP markers and their potential in relationship inference

(2018) Daniel Kling   Forensic Science International-Genetics

A fast and accurate method for detection of IBD shared haplotypes in genome-wide SNP data

(2017) Douglas W Bjelland et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Performance evaluation of a mitogenome capture and Illumina sequencing protocol using non-probative, case-type skeletal samples: Implications for the use of a positive control in a next-generation sequencing procedure

(2017) Charla Marshall et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Evaluation of the impact of genetic linkage in forensic identity and relationship testing for expanded DNA marker sets

(2017) Andreas O. Tillmar et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Analysis commons, a team approach to discovery in a big-data environment for genetic epidemiology

(2017) Jennifer A Brody et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Linkage disequilibrium matches forensic genetic records to disjoint genomic marker sets

(2017) Michael D. Edge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic insights into the population structure and history of the Irish Travellers

(2017) Edmund Gilbert et al.   Scientific Reports

The successful use of familial searching in six Hungarian high profile cases by applying a new module in Familias 3

(2016) Daniel Kling et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Familial searching on DNA mixtures with dropout

(2016) K. Slooten   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Developmental validation of STRmix™, expert software for the interpretation of forensic DNA profiles

(2016) Jo-Anne Bright et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

EuroForMix: An open source software based on a continuous model to evaluate STR DNA profiles from a mixture of contributors with artefacts

(2016) Øyvind Bleka et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

A Genealogical Look at Shared Ancestry on the X Chromosome

(2016) Vince Buffalo et al.   GENETICS

The end of donor anonymity: how genetic testing is likely to drive anonymous gamete donation out of business

(2016) Joyce C. Harper et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

A SNP panel for identity and kinship testing using massive parallel sequencing

(2016) Ida Grandell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

On the use of dense SNP marker data for the identification of distant relative pairs

(2016) M. Sun et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

Conflation of Short Identity-by-Descent Segments Bias Their Inferred Length Distribution

(2016) Charleston W. K. Chiang et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

A Genealogical Look at Shared Ancestry on the X Chromosome

(2016) Vince Buffalo et al.   GENETICS

Pairwise Kinship Analysis by the Index of Chromosome Sharing Using High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

(2016) Chie Morimoto et al.   PLoS One

Inference of Distant Genetic Relations in Humans Using “1000 Genomes”

(2015) Ahmed Al-Khudhair et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Evaluation of Hybridization Capture Versus Amplicon-Based Methods for Whole-Exome Sequencing

(2015) Eric Samorodnitsky et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Mixtures with relatives and linked markers

(2015) Guro Dørum et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Comparison of Custom Capture for Targeted Next-Generation DNA Sequencing

(2015) Eric Samorodnitsky et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

(2015) Iain Mathieson et al.   NATURE

A global reference for human genetic variation

(2015) Richard A. Gibbs et al.   NATURE

The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

(2015)   NATURE

Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

(2015) Jie Huang et al.   Nature Communications

Rare variant genotype imputation with thousands of study-specific whole-genome sequences: implications for cost-effective study designs

(2014) Giorgio Pistis et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Reducing Pervasive False-Positive Identical-by-Descent Segments Detected by Large-Scale Pedigree Analysis

(2014) Eric Y. Durand et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Relatedness in the post-genomic era: is it still useful?

(2014) Doug Speed et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Accurate and Robust Prediction of Genetic Relationship from Whole-Genome Sequences

(2014) Hong Li et al.   PLoS One

Sequencing an Ashkenazi reference panel supports population-targeted personal genomics and illuminates Jewish and European origins

(2014) Shai Carmi et al.   Nature Communications

Relationship Estimation from Whole-Genome Sequence Data

(2014) Hong Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

Pulling out the 1%: Whole-Genome Capture for the Targeted Enrichment of Ancient DNA Sequencing Libraries

(2013) Meredith L. Carpenter et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Detecting Identity by Descent and Estimating Genotype Error Rates in Sequence Data

(2013) Brian L. Browning et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Genome-wide patterns of identity-by-descent sharing in the French Canadian founder population

(2013) Héloïse Gauvin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Familial searching: A specialist forensic DNA profiling service utilising the National DNA Database® to identify unknown offenders via their relatives—The UK experience

(2013) C.N. Maguire et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Identity by Descent: Variation in Meiosis, Across Genomes, and in Populations

(2013) E. A. Thompson   GENETICS

Improving the Accuracy and Efficiency of Identity-by-Descent Detection in Population Data

(2013) B. L. Browning et al.   GENETICS

HapFABIA: Identification of very short segments of identity by descent characterized by rare variants in large sequencing data

(2013) Sepp Hochreiter   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ancient DNA Damage

(2013) J. Dabney et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Geography of Recent Genetic Ancestry across Europe

(2013) Peter Ralph et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Identity by Descent Between Distant Relatives: Detection and Applications

(2012) Sharon R. Browning et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Inferring Coancestry in Population Samples in the Presence of Linkage Disequilibrium

(2012) M. D. Brown et al.   GENETICS

Tilting at windmills no longer: a data-driven discussion of DTC DNA ancestry tests

(2012) Jennifer K. Wagner et al.   GENETICS IN MEDICINE

Rare and common variants: twenty arguments

(2012) Greg Gibson   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Cryptic Distant Relatives Are Common in Both Isolated and Cosmopolitan Genetic Samples

(2012) Brenna M. Henn et al.   PLoS One

A Fast, Powerful Method for Detecting Identity by Descent

(2011) Brian L. Browning et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Copy Number and SNP Arrays in Clinical Diagnostics

(2011) Christian P. Schaaf et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Analysis of a claimed distant relationship in a deficient pedigree using high density SNP data

(2011) M.V. Lareu et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

DNA microarray as a tool in establishing genetic relatedness—Current status and future prospects

(2011) Daniel Kling et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Maximum-likelihood estimation of recent shared ancestry (ERSA)

(2011) C. D. Huff et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Validating TrueAllele® DNA Mixture Interpretation*,†

(2011) Mark W. Perlin et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

The Architecture of Long-Range Haplotypes Shared within and across Populations

(2011) A. Gusev et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Haplotype phasing: existing methods and new developments

(2011) Sharon R. Browning et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Application and comparison of large-scale solution-based DNA capture-enrichment methods on ancient DNA

(2011) María C. Ávila-Arcos et al.   Scientific Reports

High-Resolution Detection of Identity by Descent in Unrelated Individuals

(2010) Sharon R. Browning et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Robust relationship inference in genome-wide association studies

(2010) Ani Manichaikul et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Familial database search on two-person mixture

(2010) Yuk-Ka Chung et al.   COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS

Disaster victim investigation recommendations from two simulated mass disaster scenarios utilized for user acceptance testing CODIS 6.0

(2010) Laurie Bradford et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Forensim: An open-source initiative for the evaluation of statistical methods in forensic genetics

(2010) Hinda Haned   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Genotype imputation for genome-wide association studies

(2010) Jonathan Marchini et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Web-Based, Participant-Driven Studies Yield Novel Genetic Associations for Common Traits

(2010) Nicholas Eriksson et al.   PLoS Genetics

Identification of distant family relationships

(2009) Øivind Skare et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evaluation of DNA Mixtures from Database Search

(2009) Yuk-Ka Chung et al.   BIOMETRICS

Evidence of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance Gene Abundances in Archived Soils since 1940

(2009) Charles W. Knapp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays: a decade of biological, computational and technological advances

(2009) T. LaFramboise   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA Genomes

(2009) A. W. Briggs et al.   SCIENCE

Designing Genome-Wide Association Studies: Sample Size, Power, Imputation, and the Choice of Genotyping Chip

(2009) Chris C. A. Spencer et al.   PLoS Genetics

Whole population, genome-wide mapping of hidden relatedness

(2008) A. Gusev et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Practical aspects of imputation-driven meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

(2008) P. I.W. de Bakker et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Detection of sharing by descent, long-range phasing and haplotype imputation

(2008) Augustine Kong et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Resolving Individuals Contributing Trace Amounts of DNA to Highly Complex Mixtures Using High-Density SNP Genotyping Microarrays

(2008) Nils Homer et al.   PLoS Genetics