Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. This overview describes the essentials of the subject with a minimum of jargon, ...

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

A new report presents DM-Seq (direct methylation sequencing), a bisulfite-free method for profiling 5-methylcytosine (5mC) at single-base resolution using nanogram quantities of DNA. The technique ...

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...

A warning to listeners — this episode contains sensitive material surrounding homicide and assault. On November 29th, 2012, a group of men broke into the Silicon Valley mansion of 66 year old investor ...

Cancer genomes are the result of diverse mutation processes that have often accumulated over decades. Scientists have analyzed the molecular evolution of tumors after exposure to mutagenic chemicals.