Bo Min Kim, Sang Un Park, Laura Schmelzer, Soo-Bin Yang, Soong Deok Lee, Moon-Young Kim, Jana Naue, Hwan Young Lee
Identifying body fluids and organ tissues is highly significant as they can offer crucial evidence in criminal investigations and aid the court in making informed decisions, primarily through evaluating the biological source and possibly at the activity level up to death or fatal damage. In this study, organ tissue-specific CpG markers were identified from Illumina's methylation EPIC array data of nine organ tissues, including epidermis, dermis, heart, skeletal muscle, blood, kidney, brain, lung, and liver, from autopsies of 10 Koreans...
April 22, 2024: Forensic Science International. Genetics