All up-to-date aspects of DNA technology are discussed partly in review lectures but mostly in research articles in this volume: new methods, population statistics for different restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's), new developments dealing with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), biostatistical aspects of single locus and multi locus profiles as well as examples of practical applications in paternity testing and forensic stain analysis. Contributors to this volume include most internationally acclaimed researchers in this field. Besides facts that are primarily of interest to forensic scientists, immunohaematologists and human geneticists should also find some aspects for their research.

Review Lectures

Principles and Recent Advances in DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Fingerprinting as a Tool of Paternity Testing in Germany
Genetic Typing of Biological Evidence Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction
A Critical Review of the Forensic Application of DNA Technology
DNA Methylation: A Defense Mechanism Against the Expression of Foreign DNA?
Juristische Aspekte der forensischen DNA-Analyse
PCR-Technology
Research Regarding the Polymerase Chain Reaction for Forensic Utility - HLA-DQ? Locus and AMP-FLPs
DNA Typing Using PCR Amplified Fragments in the HLA Class I Region
PCR-Typing of the Human HLA-DQ? Locus: Population Genetics and Application in Forensic Casework
DNA Amplification (PCR) of Several Hypervariable Loci in Disputed Paternity Cases
Amplification of a Highly Polymorphic VNTR Segment, Localized on the Ha-Ras Gene by PCR
Methodology, Data Bases
Reliability of Restriction Enzyme Digestions of Genomic DNA for the Generation of DNA Fingerprints
Concept for a More Precise Definition of the Polymorphism YNH24
Evaluation of Variable Number of Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Alleles in Mother-Child Combinations
A Proposed Combination of Single Locus Probes for Multiple Rehybridization
DNA-Profiles with HVR-Probes - Allele Frequencies of HinfI-RFLPs Using pHINS310, pMUC7 and pMR24/1 in a Population Sample from Hannover and Lower Saxony
Analysis of Allele Frequencies of Two Polymorphic Loci in a North-East Italian Population
Digoxigenin-DNA Probes for Detecting Human VNTR Polymorphism
Practical Use: Paternity
The Application of Four Single Locus Probes in Cases of Disputed Paternity
The Practical Significance of Human Genetic RFLP-Systems in Paternity Testing
Individual Diagnostics by DNA Fingerprinting
Paternity Analysis in aDeficient Family by DNA Profiling (Single-Locus and Multi-Locus Probes)
Paternity Tests in 10-12 Weeks Old Fetuses by Mean of Single-Locus-DNA-Polymorphisms
DNA Fingerprinting for the Protection of Endangered Species
Practical Use: Stain Analysis
Treatment of Bloodstains for Simultaneous Application of Serological and DNA Typing Methods
DNA Extraction and RFLP Analysis of Bloodstains on a Variety of Textiles - Investigation of Various Extraction Procedures
Stability of DNA in Brain Cortex After Long Post Mortem Periods
The Identification of a Charred Body by Oligonucleotide Fingerprinting with the (GTG)5 Probe
Biostatistics
Biostatistical Evaluation of Evidence from Single Locus Hypervariable DNA Probes: Tests of Independence of Loci
MLP and SLP Band Patterns and Probabilities of Identity
Efficiency of Multilocus Probes in Mother-Child-Putative Father Cases
The Proposal of Evett et al. for Paternity Calculations in Normal Trio Cases Using MLP Profiles and the Freiburg Model of a Multiple Diallelism: A Comparison
A Contribution to the Computer-Aided Analysis of DNA Fingerprint Patterns.