
DNA in Health, Identity, and Ancestry
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Hisham Atan Edinur, Edward Kofi Abban, Dibyajit Lahiri
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 9 4 7 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 9 4 8 - 6
DNA in Health, Identity and Ancestry examines the human genome and advances in molecular techniques in relation to their value in health, genetic ancestry, and forensic DNA. This b… Read more
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- Offers a comprehensive understanding of human genome in relation to health, forensics and ancestry
- Provides detailed guidelines on setting up and operating accredited services, including gene editing, ancestral fraction determination, and DNA profiling
- Examines the human genome and advances in molecular techniques in relation to their value in health, genetic ancestry, and forensic DNA
2. Genetic testing
3. Pharmacogenomics: current status and future prospects
4. Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases
5. Donor and recipient matching for transfusion and transplantation surgery
6. Circulating DNA: origins, functions and profiling
7. Metagenomics of environmental samples
8. DNA extraction methods for pathogen analysis
9. DNA extraction methods for food analysis
10. Characterization and application of environmental DNA in multi-species biofilms
11. Y-chromosome: genetics, function and disease
12. X-chromosome: genetics, function and disease
13. Case study
14. STR (autosomal, Y and X chromosomes) and mtDNA profiling for casework and paternity cases
15. DNA databanking, hit matches and ethical issues
16. DNA profiling: technical and operating standards
17. Current progress in rapid DNA profiling and legal requirements
18. Forensic parameters inferred using autosomal STR data
20. Forensic parameters inferred using Y-STR population data
21. Forensic parameters inferred using X-STR data
22. Forensic parameters inferred using mtDNA data
23. Validation of newly developed STR typing kit
24. Developmental validation of extraction protocols for extracting DNA from crime scene samples
25. Novel markers for casework and paternity cases
26. Food forensics
27. Case study
28. Population genetics: markers and bioinformatics
29. Archaeogenetics of human history
30. Ancient DNA extraction and amplification techniques
31. Origins and migration patterns of indigenous people
32. Analysis of human leukocyte population data
33. Analysis of KIR population data
34. Analysis of genome wide SNP data
35. Genetic ancestry and health
36. Whole-genome sequence data and population structure
37. Admixture and selection in human evolution
38. Case study
39. Concluding remarks
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Hisham Atan Edinur
Edinur H. Atan is a lecturer of Forensic Science Programme at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia and Research Fellow of Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University. He did his MSc in Forensic Science at Universiti Sains Malaysia and PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. In 2013, he settled into his current teaching and research role at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has strong research skills in forensics, molecular biology, genetics and bio-medicine, an impressive list of articles and books published by reputable publishers (e.g. Springer, Lancet, Nature, MDPI, PLOS, Frontiers etc.) and contacts in US, UK, Australia, New Zealand plus Malaysia and elsewhere in Europe, Africa and Middle East.
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Edward Kofi Abban
Dr Edward Kofi Abban started his forensic career in 2010 as the Head of the Police DNA laboratory in Ghana. He has over 13 years of experience as a DNA analyst with specialities spanning DNA profiling and DNA investigations form the crime scene to expert representations in courts, DNA-based Identification of missing persons and disaster victims. He is also lecturer in biology education at the at the University of Ghana. He earned his PhD in DNA profiling from the University Sains Malaysia and has contributed significantly to scholarship in areas such as forensic DNA database generation for relevant forensic markers and population genetics of Ghanaian and West African populations. His area of interest include population genetics, wildlife genetics and DNA profiling methodologies.
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