• Predicting eye and hair colour in a Norwegian population using Verogen’s ForenSeq™ DNA signature prep kit 

      Salvo, Nina Mjølsnes; Janssen, Kirstin; Kirsebom, Maria Kristine; Meyer, Olivia Strunge; Berg, Thomas; Olsen, Gunn-Hege (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-24)
      Prediction of eye and hair colour from DNA can be an important investigative tool in forensic cases if conventional DNA profiling fails to match DNA from any known suspects or cannot obtain a hit in a DNA database. The HIrisPlex model for simultaneous eye and hair colour predictions was developed for forensic usage. To genotype a DNA sample, massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has brought new ...
    • Prediction of Eye Colour in Scandinavians Using the EyeColour 11 (EC11) SNP Set 

      Meyer, Olivia Strunge; Salvo, Nina Mjølsnes; Kjærbye, Anne; Kjersem, Marianne; Andersen, Mikkel Meyer; Sørensen, Erik; Ullum, Henrik; Janssen, Kirstin; Morling, Niels; Børsting, Claus; Olsen, Gunn-Hege; Andersen, Jeppe Dyrberg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-27)
      Description of a perpetrator’s eye colour can be an important investigative lead in a forensic case with no apparent suspects. Herein, we present 11 SNPs (Eye Colour 11-EC11) that are important for eye colour prediction and eye colour prediction models for a two-category reporting system (blue and brown) and a three-category system (blue, intermediate, and brown). The EC11 SNPs were carefully selected ...