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Henry A. Erlich
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Genetic Reconstruction of the Past
DNA Analysis in Forensics and Human Evolution
Henry A. Erlich
(2024)
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- Udgiver: Oxford University Press (November 2023)
- ISBN: 9780197675380R180
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- Hardback: 224 sider
- Udgiver: Oxford University Press, Incorporated (Februar 2024)
- ISBN: 9780197675366
The unifying theme of the book is the recently developed capacity to use DNA sequence information to make inferences about historical events. Part One is a discussion of how DNA analysis can reconstruct the recent past, in particular, the events that transpired at the scene of a crime. Part Two is a discussion of the application of DNA analysis to reconstructing the ancient past, using DNA sequences from human samples as well as from fossil remains to study the evolution of the human species and the historical relationships among contemporary and extinct human populations. Erlich discuss how he, along with his colleagues at Cetus Corp in the mid-1980s developed the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technology of specific DNA amplification, a method of synthesizing millions of copies of a specific targeted DNA sequence and applied it to address forensic and evolutionary questions. It is this capacity, that has transformed both forensic science and evolutionary biology and has led to both the identification-and exoneration-of criminal suspects and a deeper understanding of human evolution. These techniques, now widely used, were applied in the first DNA criminal case, the first exoneration case, and the first identification of a missing person. Discussions on the history and the many remaining contentious issues in forensic DNA analysis in Part One are organized around several specific criminal cases, while the book tries to convey the spirit of "doing science."
Chapter 1. All Rise: DNA Enters the CourtroomChapter 2. Deciding What the Jury Sees: DNA and Admissibility
Chapter 3. Exclusions and Exonerations: Justice for the Wrongfully Convicted
Chapter 4. The Earl Washington Jr. Case and the Problem with MixturesChapter 5. The Weight of Evidence: Statistics and the Evolution of Forensic GenotypingChapter 6. Databases, Cold Hits, and Hot Button IssuesChapter 7. DNA, Doggerel, and Race Cards: The OJ Simpson TrialChapter 8. Closure and Justice: Identifying the Missing
Part Two: Reconstructing the Ancient PastChapter 9. Allan Wilson, Molecular Evolution, and the Out of Africa HypothesisChapter 10. DNA of the Dead: Sequencing Archaic Species and Ancient RemainsChapter 11. Populations, Genes, and HistoryChapter 12. Controversies and Contention in Interpreting the PastChapter 13. Ancestry and Genetics: What's Race Got to Do with It?Appendix