Handbook of Forensic Genetics: Biodiversity and Heredity in Civil and Criminal Investigation

The use of genetics for the resolution of legal conflicts has recently gained new impetus, due to scientific and technological advancements and the substantial broadening of applications. Nonetheless, there is still a great divide in the manner and processes related to human and non-human analyses.This advanced handbook overcomes the barriers between the scientific fields of legal medicine, biodiversity and conservation, and food analysis, presenting a unifying overview of the implications of genetic analyses on forensic affairs. This global perspective brings together highly praised specialists to explore modes of inheritance and reproduction and taxonomic implications, current technological approaches and future perspectives, a comprehensive systematization of the types of applications and organisms, and ends by offering a critical revision of the current investigative/ expert systems and future perspectives.The forensic community and advanced graduate students will welcome this collection of research and expertise as a reference platform for the theoretical, practical and technological state of the art in forensic genetics.