Full Description
This textbook for graduate students presents fundamental and essential principles of forensic biology. It covers the theory, principles, and applications of forensic biology, focusing on the easier understanding of the applicability of the topics. It discusses the subject with an aim to enhance the theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject and explore the potentials of the fields in modern-day crime scene investigation for researchers and practitioners of the field. The book is supplemented with real-life case studies from national and international cases, significant to the discipline or unique approach to evidence analysis. Notably, the textbook discusses forensic sample analysis, emerging trends and new technologies, and legal and ethical concepts about forensic investigations. It further presents the history and development of forensic DNA profiling and the role of DNA databases in forensic investigations. It elucidates the applications of nanotechnology in forensics and examines the role of forensics in attributing acts of bioterrorism or bioproliferation.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Forensic biology.- Chapter 2. Investigation of biological evidence.- Chapter 3. Investigation of Dead body.- Chapter 4. Blood Stain pattern Analysis.- Chapter 5. Identification of forensic biological evidences.- Chapter 6. Serology concept and Techniques.- Chapter 7. Identification of Semen.- Chapter 8. Identification of Saliva.- Chapter 9. Identification of vaginal secretions and menstrual blood.- Chapter 10. Identification of Urine.- Chapter 11. Identification of Sweat.- Chapter 12. Identification of Faecal matter.- Chapter 13. Identification of vomitus.- Chapter 14. Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA.- Chapter 15. Quantitation and Quality Assessment of DNA.- Chapter 16. Polymerase Chain Reaction.- Chapter 17. DNA electrophoresis.- Chapter 18. Short Tandem Repeats profiling.- Chapter 19. Sex chromosome Haplotyping.- Chapter 20. Mitochondrial DNA profiling.- Chapter 21. Single Nucleotide polymorphism.- Chapter 22. Non-Human DNA testing.- Chapter 23. DNA Phenotyping.-Chapter 24. Forensic Anthropology.- Chapter 25. Forensic Odontology.- Chapter 26. Forensic Botany.- Chapter 27. Forensic Entomology.- Chapter 28. Wildlife Forensics.- Chapter 29. Forensics in Bioterrorism.- Chapter 30. Hair analysis.- Chapter 31. Forensic DNA Database.- Chapter 32. Diatom Testing.- Chapter 33. Forensic Nanotechnology.
