1. A protocol for obtaining DNA barcodes from plant and insect fragments isolated from forensic-type soils

   • Kelly A. Meiklejohn
   • Megan L. Jackson
   • James M. Robertson

   Original Article 08 February 2018 Pages: 1515 - 1526

   

2. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Differentiation analysis for estimating individual ancestry from the Tibetan Plateau by an archaic altitude adaptation EPAS1 haplotype among East Asian populations

   • Li Jiang
   • Jianxiong Peng
   • Caixia Li

   Original Article 10 February 2018 Pages: 1527 - 1535

   

3. Analysis of COMT Val158Met polymorphisms and methylation in Chinese male schizophrenia patients with homicidal behavior

   • Yikai Hu
   • Chenghu Li
   • Hongmei Xu

   Original Article 17 February 2018 Pages: 1537 - 1544

   

4. Improved Y-STR typing for disaster victim identification, missing persons investigations, and historical human skeletal remains

   • Angie Ambers
   • Jitka Votrubova
   • Bruce Budowle

   Original Article 23 February 2018 Pages: 1545 - 1553

   

5. Developmental validation of GlobalFiler™ PCR amplification kit: a 6-dye multiplex assay designed for amplification of casework samples

   • Matthew J. Ludeman
   • Chang Zhong
   • Dennis Y. Wang

   Original Article Open access 09 March 2018 Pages: 1555 - 1573

   

6. Comparison of different methods of DNA recovery and PCR amplification in STR profiling of casings—a retrospective study

   • Verica Radojicic
   • Milica Keckarevic Markovic
   • Dusan Keckarevic

   Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 1575 - 1580

   

7. Assessment of the Precision ID Ancestry panel

   • Muna Al-Asfi
   • Dennis McNevin
   • Runa Daniel

   Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 1581 - 1594

   

8. Differences in SNP genotype distributions between complex and simple suicides

   • Tanja Čugura
   • Jakob Boh
   • Alja Videtič Paska

   Original Article 20 March 2018 Pages: 1595 - 1601

9. Male DNA under female fingernails after scratching: transfer and persistence evaluation by RT-PCR analysis and Y-STR typing

   • Alessandra Iuvaro
   • Carla Bini
   • Susi Pelotti

   Original Article 17 April 2018 Pages: 1603 - 1609

   

10. Potential forensic biogeographic application of diatom colony consistency analysis employing pyrosequencing profiles of the 18S rDNA V7 region

    • Yuancun Zhao
    • Xiaogang Chen
    • Ji Zhang

    Original Article 07 May 2018 Pages: 1611 - 1620

    

11. Male individualization using 12 rapidly mutating Y-STRs in Araein ethnic group and shared paternal lineage of Pakistani population

    • Faqeeha Javed
    • Sumbal Sumbal
    • Tayyab Husnain

    Original Article 24 May 2018 Pages: 1621 - 1624

12. Detectability, visualization, and DNA analysis of bloodstains after repainting the walls

    • Frank Ramsthaler
    • Julia Schlote
    • Mattias Kettner

    Original Article 09 August 2018 Pages: 1625 - 1634

    

13. Genetic analysis of 15 autosomal STRs in Yousafzai population of Pakistan

    • Zunaira Batool
    • Rukhsana Perveen
    • Sana Kaleem

    Population Data 18 August 2018 Pages: 1635 - 1636

14. Genetic polymorphisms of 21 autosomal STR loci in Chinese Uygur ethnic population

    • Xingbo Song
    • Haimei Gou
    • Binwu Ying

    Population Data 20 August 2018 Pages: 1637 - 1639

15. Phylogenetic analysis and forensic evaluation among Rakhine, Marma, Hajong, and Manipuri tribes from four culturally defined regions of Bangladesh using 17 Y-chromosomal STRs

    • Mahamud Hasan
    • Abu Sufian
    • Sharif Akhteruzzaman

    Population Data 24 August 2018 Pages: 1641 - 1644

    

16. Post-mortem distribution of the synthetic cannabinoid MDMB-CHMICA and its metabolites in a case of combined drug intoxication

    • Franziska Gaunitz
    • Sabrina Lehmann
    • Katja Mercer-Chalmers-Bender

    Case Report 15 September 2018 Pages: 1645 - 1657

    

17. The use of gelatine in wound ballistics research

    • D. J. Carr
    • T. Stevenson
    • P. F. Mahoney

    Review Open access 25 April 2018 Pages: 1659 - 1664

    

18. Stressors increase leptin receptor-expressing thymic epithelial cells in the infant/child thymus

    • Shuntaro Abe
    • Takashi Saito
    • Koichi Suzuki

    Original Article 19 February 2018 Pages: 1665 - 1670

    

19. Guidelines examination of victims of sexual assault harmonization of forensic and medico-legal examination of persons

    • B. Ludes
    • A. Geraut
    • D. N. Vieira

    Original Article 21 February 2018 Pages: 1671 - 1674

    

20. Multiplex quantitative imaging of human myocardial infarction by mass spectrometry-immunohistochemistry

    • Aleksandra Aljakna
    • Estelle Lauer
    • Aurélien Thomas

    Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 1675 - 1684

    

21. Analysis on sarcoglycans expression as markers of septic cardiomyopathy in sepsis-related death

    • Elvira Ventura Spagnolo
    • Cristina Mondello
    • Giuseppina Rizzo

    Original Article 11 April 2018 Pages: 1685 - 1692

    

22. Post-mortem chemical excitability of the iris should not be used for forensic death time diagnosis

    • Katja Koehler
    • Susanne Sehner
    • Sven Anders

    Original Article 18 April 2018 Pages: 1693 - 1697

    

23. Fatal falls in the elderly and the presence of proximal femur fractures

    • Sylvia Schick
    • Daniela Heinrich
    • Steffen Peldschus

    Original Article 07 June 2018 Pages: 1699 - 1712

    

24. Challenges in investigation of diabetes-related aviation fatalities—an analysis of 1491 subsequent aviation fatalities in USA during 2011–2016

    • Ilkka S. Junttila
    • Alpo Vuorio
    • Antti Sajantila

    Original Article 04 July 2018 Pages: 1713 - 1718

25. SDH and EDH in children up to 18 years of age—a clinical collective in the view of forensic considerations

    • Wiebke Gekat
    • Svenja Binder
    • Sibylle Banaschak

    Original Article 07 July 2018 Pages: 1719 - 1727

26. Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients after a traffic accident—a new entity that should be considered in death classification

    • Fred Zack
    • Horst Nizze
    • Andreas Büttner

    Case Report 27 February 2018 Pages: 1729 - 1732

    

27. Letter to the editors regarding the article entitled: “Cardiothoracic injuries after CardioPump CPR: a report of two cases and review of the literature” by Kolopp et al.

    • Guillaume Rousseau
    • Vincent Dupont
    • Stéphane Malbranque

    Letter to the Editor 21 February 2018 Pages: 1733 - 1734

    

28. The use of whole body diffusion-weighted post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging in timing of perinatal deaths

    • Susan C. Shelmerdine
    • Cheryl Main
    • Owen J. Arthurs

    Original Article Open access 28 July 2018 Pages: 1735 - 1741

    

29. New equations for age estimation using four permanent mandibular teeth in Thai children and adolescents

    • P. Duangto
    • A. Janhom
    • A. Iamaroon

    Original Article 03 March 2018 Pages: 1743 - 1747

30. Differences in non-enzymatic glycation products in human dentine and clavicle: changes with aging

    • Aurora Valenzuela
    • Eduardo Guerra-Hernández
    • Belén García-Villanova

    Original Article 01 August 2018 Pages: 1749 - 1758

    

31. Third molar maturity index (I_3M) for assessing age of majority in northern Chinese population

    • Guang Chu
    • Ya-hui Wang
    • Yu-cheng Guo

    Original Article 07 August 2018 Pages: 1759 - 1768

    

32. Age estimation combining radiographic information of two dental and four skeletal predictors in children and subadults

    • Akiko Kumagai
    • Guy Willems
    • Patrick Thevissen

    Original Article 11 August 2018 Pages: 1769 - 1777

    

33. Dental age estimation in Somali children using the Willems et al. model

    • Mari Metsäniitty
    • Janna Waltimo-Sirén
    • Patrick Thevissen

    Original Article 01 September 2018 Pages: 1779 - 1786

    

34. Is the third molar maturity index (I_3M) useful for a genetic isolate population? Study of a Sardinian sample of children and young adults

    • E. Spinas
    • Stefano De Luca
    • R. Cameriere

    Population Data 19 September 2018 Pages: 1787 - 1794

    

35. Larval identification key to necrophagous Coleoptera of medico-legal importance in the western Palaearctic

    • Luisa M. Díaz-Aranda
    • Daniel Martín-Vega
    • Blanca Cifrián

    Original Article 03 August 2018 Pages: 1795 - 1804