Human Population & Forensic Genetics
Forensic Genetics is used for the identification of biological remains and individuals, and the analysis of kinship relationships.
BIOMICs applies its knowledge in these areas and provides numerous methodological contributions in order to facilitate and improve the work in this field through the analysis of:
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Autosomal STRs (Short Tandem Repeats)
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X and Y chromosome STRs
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Mitochondrial DNA
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SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorfisms)
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Indels (Insertions/Deletions)
Publications (last 10 years):
1. Navarro-López, B., Baeta, M., Granizo-Rodríguez, E., Moreno-López, O., Kleinbielen, T., Ferragut, JF., Picornell, A., & de Pancorbo, MM. (2022). Development and validation of a new multiplex for upgrading Y-STRs population databases from 12 to 23 markers and its forensic casework application. Scientific reports, 12(1), 21734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25785-z
2. Tätte, K., Metspalu, E., Post, H., Palencia-Madrid, L., Luis, JR., Reidla, M., Tamm, E., Ilumäe, AM., de Pancorbo, MM., Garcia-Bertrand, R., Metspalu, M., Herrera, RJ. (2022). Genetic characterization of populations in the Marquesas Archipelago in the context of the Austronesian expansion. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 5312. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08910-w
3. Palencia-Madrid, L., Baeta, M., Kleinbielen, T., Toro-Delgado, N., Villaescusa, P., Sanchez-Bustamante, E., de Pancorbo, MM., Rodriguez Luis, J., Ware, K. E., Somarelli, JA., Garcia-Bertrand, R., Herrera, RJ. (2022). Post-Austronesian migrational wave of West Polynesians to Micronesia. Gene, 146357, online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2022.146357
4. Navarro-López, B., Granizo-Rodríguez, E., Palencia-Madrid, L., Raffone, C., Baeta, M., de Pancorbo, MM. (2021). Phylogeographic review of Y chromosome haplogroups in Europe. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135(5), 1675–1684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02644-6
5. Villaescusa, P., Seidel, M., Nothnagel, M., Pinotti, T., González-Andrade, F., Alvarez-Gila, O., de Pancorbo, MM., Roewer, L. (2021). A Y-chromosomal survey of Ecuador's multi-ethnic population reveals new insights into the tri-partite population structure and supports an early Holocene age of the rare Native American founder lineage C3-MPB373. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 51, 102427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102427
6. Tätte, K., Metspalu, E., Post, H., Palencia-Madrid, L., Luis, J. R., Reidla, M., Rea, A., Tamm, E., Moding, E. J., de Pancorbo, MM., Garcia-Bertrand, R., Metspalu, M., Herrera, RJ. (2021). The Ami and Yami aborigines of Taiwan and their genetic relationship to East Asian and Pacific populations. European Journal of Human Genetics, 29(7), 1092–1102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00837-6
7. Baeta, M., Prieto-Fernández, E., Núñez, C., Kleinbielen, T., Villaescusa, P., Palencia-Madrid, L., Alvarez-Gila, O., Martínez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2021). Study of 17 X-STRs in Native American and Mestizo populations of Central America for forensic and population purposes. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135(5), 1773–1776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02536-9
8. Luis, J. R., Palencia-Madrid, L., Mendoza, VC., Garcia-Bertrand, R., de Pancorbo, MM., Herrera, R. J. (2021). The Y chromosome of autochthonous Basque populations and the Bronze Age replacement. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 5607. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84915-1
9. Palencia-Madrid, L., Xavier, C., de la Puente, M., Hohoff, C., Phillips, C., Kayser, M., Parson, W. (2020). Evaluation of the VISAGE Basic Tool for Appearance and Ancestry Prediction Using PowerSeq Chemistry on the MiSeq FGx System. Genes, 11(6), 708. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11060708
10. Palencia-Madrid, L., Vinueza-Espinosa, D., Baeta, M., Rocandio, A. M., de Pancorbo, MM. (2020). Validation of a 52-mtSNP minisequencing panel for haplogroup classification of forensic DNA samples. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134(3), 929–936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02264-6
11. Jiménez-Moreno, S., García, C., Lobato, E., Baeta, M., Bañón, E., de Pancorbo, MM. (2019). Genetic analysis of 12 X-chromosomal STRs in an autochthonous population of Southeast Spain. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 7(1), 482-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2019.10.060
12. Palencia-Madrid, L., Baeta, M., Villaescusa, P., Nuñez, C., de Pancorbo, MM., Luis, JR., Fadhlaoui-Zid, K., Somarelli, J., Garcia-Bertrand, R., Herrera, RJ. (2019). The Marquesans at the fringes of the Austronesian expansion. European Journal of Human Genetics, 27(5), 801–810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-019-0336-2
13. Villaescusa, P., Palencia-Madrid, L., Campaner, MA., Jauregui-Rada, J., Guerra-Rodríguez, M., Rocandio, AM., de Pancorbo, MM. (2019). Effective resolution of the Y chromosome sublineages of the Iberian haplogroup R1b-DF27 with forensic purposes. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 133(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1936-z
14. Messoussi, M., Prieto-Fernández, E., Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Gaaied, A., de Pancorbo, MM., Fadhlaoui-Zid, K. (2019). Genetic variation of 17 X-chromosome STR loci in Tunisian population of Nabeul. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 133(1), 85–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1827-3
15. Palencia-Madrid, L., Cardoso, S., Castro-Maestre, F., Baroja-Careaga, I., Rocandio, AM., de Pancorbo, MM. (2019). Development of a new screening method to determine the main 52 mitochondrial haplogroups through a single minisequencing reaction. Mitochondrion, 45, 46–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2018.02.004
16. Villaescusa, P., Blázquez, P., Martínez-Jarreta, B., Jiménez, S., Álvarez-Gila, O., de Pancorbo, MM. (2019). The impact of haplogroup R1b-DF27 in Hispanic admixed populations from Latin America. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 7(1), 488 - 490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2019.10.062
17. Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Villaescusa, P., Ortueta, U., Ibarbia, N., Herrera, RJ., Blazquez-Caeiro, JL., Builes, J. J., Jiménez-Moreno, S., Martínez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2018). Assessment of a subset of Slowly Mutating Y-STRs for forensic and evolutionary studies. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 34, e7–e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.03.008
18. Prieto-Fernández, E., Kleinbielen, T., Baeta, M., de Pancorbo, MM. (2018). In-silico evaluation based on public data: In search of forensically efficient tri- and tetrallelic X-SNPs. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 32, e5–e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2017.11.008
19. Solé-Morata, N., Villaescusa, P., García-Fernández, C., Font-Porterias, N., Illescas, MJ., Valverde, L., Tassi, F., Ghirotto, S., Férec, C., Rouault, K., Jiménez-Moreno, S., Martínez-Jarreta, B., Pinheiro, MF., Zarrabeitia, MT., Carracedo, Á., de Pancorbo, MM., Calafell, F. (2017). Analysis of the R1b-DF27 haplogroup shows that a large fraction of Iberian Y-chromosome lineages originated recently in situ. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 7341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07710-x
20. Cardoso, S., Sevillano, R., Gamarra, D., Santurtún, A., Martínez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2017). Population genetic data of 38 insertion-deletion markers in six populations of the northern fringe of the Iberian Peninsula. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 27, 175–179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.12.014
21. Villaescusa, P., Illescas, MJ., Valverde, L., Baeta, M., Nuñez, C., Martínez-Jarreta, B., Zarrabeitia, MT., Calafell, F., de Pancorbo, MM. (2017). Characterization of the Iberian Y chromosome haplogroup R-DF27 in Northern Spain. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 27, 142–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.12.013
22. Núñez, C., Baeta, M., Ibarbia, N., Ortueta, U., Jiménez-Moreno, S., Blazquez-Caeiro, J. L., Builes, JJ., Herrera, RJ., Martínez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2017). 17 to 23: A novel complementary mini Y-STR panel to extend the Y-STR databases from 17 to 23 markers for forensic purposes. Electrophoresis, 38(7), 1016–1021. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201600313
23. Prieto-Fernández, E., Díaz-de Usera, A., Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Chbel, F., Nadifi, S., Rouault, K., Férec, C., Hardiman, O., Pinheiro, F., de Pancorbo, MM. (2017). A genetic overview of Atlantic coastal populations from Europe and North-West Africa based on a 17 X-STR panel. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 27, 167–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.11.011
24. Prieto-Fernández, E., Núñez, C., Baeta, M., Jiménez-Moreno, S., Martínez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2016). Forensic Spanish allele and haplotype database for a 17 X-STR panel. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 24, 120–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.06.016
25. Prieto-Fernández, E., Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Zarrabeitia, M. T., Herrera, RJ., Builes, JJ., de Pancorbo, MM. (2016). Development of a new highly efficient 17 X-STR multiplex for forensic purposes. Electrophoresis, 37(12), 1651–1658. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201500546
26. Valverde, L., Illescas, MJ., Villaescusa, P., Gotor, AM., García, A., Cardoso, S., Algorta, J., Catarino, S., Rouault, K., Férec, C., Hardiman, O., Zarrabeitia, M., Jiménez, S., Pinheiro, MF., Jarreta, BM., Olofsson, J., Morling, N., de Pancorbo, MM. (2016). New clues to the evolutionary history of the main European paternal lineage M269: dissection of the Y-SNP S116 in Atlantic Europe and Iberia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 24(3), 437–441. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2015.114
27. Cardoso, S., Sevillano, R., Illescas, MJ., de Pancorbo, MM. (2016). Analysis of 16 autosomal STRs and 17 Y-STRs in an indigenous Maya population from Guatemala. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 130(2), 365–366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1195-1
28. Pombar-Gomez, M., Lopez-Lopez, E., Martin-Guerrero, I., Garcia-Orad, A., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). Erratum to: Potential relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms used in forensic genetics and diseases or other traits in European population. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 129(6), 1287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1227-x
29. Baeta, M., Illescas, MJ., García, L., Núñez, C., Prieto-Fernández, E., Jiménez-Moreno, S., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). Iberian allele frequency database for 10 X-STRs. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 19, 76–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.06.009
30. Nuñez, C., Baeta, M., Fernández, M., Zarrabeitia, M., Martinez-Jarreta, B., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). Highly discriminatory capacity of the PowerPlex(®) Y23 System for the study of isolated populations. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 17, 104–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.04.005
31. Pombar-Gomez, M., Lopez-Lopez, E., Martin-Guerrero, I., Garcia-Orad Carles, A., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). Potential relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms used in forensic genetics and diseases or other traits in European population. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 129(3), 435–443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1165-7
32. Palencia-Madrid, L., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). Next generation sequencing as a suitable analysis for authentication of degraded and ancient DNA. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 5, e338 - e340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.134
33. Prieto-Fernández, E., Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Jiménez-Moreno, S., de Pancorbo, MM. (2015). A new 17 X-STR multiplex for forensic purposes. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 5, e283 - e285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.112
34. Valverde, L., Lischka, C., Erlemann, S., de Meijer, E., de Pancorbo, MM., Pfeiffer, H., Köhnemann, S. (2014). Nomenclature proposal and SNPSTR haplotypes for 7 new Cannabis sativa L. STR loci. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 13, 185–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.08.002
35. Aznar, JM., Celorrio, D., Odriozola, A., Köhnemann, S., Bravo, ML., Builes, JJ., Pfeiffer, H., Herrera, RJ., de Pancorbo, MM. (2014). I-DNASE21 system: development and SWGDAM validation of a new STR 21-plex reaction. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 8(1), 10–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.06.014
36. Cardoso, S., Valverde, L., Alfonso-Sánchez, MA., Palencia-Madrid, L., Elcoroaristizabal, X., Algorta, J., Catarino, S., Arteta, D., Herrera, RJ., Zarrabeitia, M. T., Peña, JA., de Pancorbo, MM. (2013). The expanded mtDNA phylogeny of the Franco-Cantabrian region upholds the pre-neolithic genetic substrate of Basques. PloS One, 8(7), e67835. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067835
37. Gómez-Pérez, L., Alfonso-Sánchez, MA., Dipierri, JE., Sánchez, D., Espinosa, I., De Pancorbo, MM., Peña, JA. (2013). Young Alu insertions within the MHC class I region in native American populations: insights into the origin of the MHC-Alu repeats. American Journal of Human Biology, 25(3), 359–365. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22377
38. Laouina, A., Aznar, JM., Chbel, F., de Pancorbo, MM. (2013). Genetic data of X-chromosomal STRs in a Moroccan population sample (Casablanca) using an X-STR decaplex. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 7(3), e90–e92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.006
39. Cardoso, S., Palencia-Madrid, L., Valverde, L., Alfonso-Sánchez, MA., Gómez-Pérez, L., Alfaro, E., Bravi, CM., Dipierri, JE., Peña, JA., de Pancorbo, M. M. (2013). Mitochondrial DNA control region data reveal high prevalence of Native American lineages in Jujuy province, NW Argentina. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 7(3), e52–e55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.01.007
40. Valverde, L., Köhnemann, S., Cardoso, S., Pfeiffer, H., de Pancorbo, MM. (2013). Improving the analysis of Y-SNP haplogroups by a single highly informative 16 SNP multiplex PCR-minisequencing assay. Electrophoresis, 34(4), 605–612. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201200433
41. Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Aznar, JM., Sosa, C., Casalod, Y., Bolea, M., González-Andrade, F., de Pancorbo, MM., Martínez-Jarreta, B. (2013). Analysis of 10 X-STRs in three population groups from Ecuador. Forensic Science International, Genetics, 7(1), e19–e20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.08.004
Congress contributions (last 10 years):
XIV Reunión científica de la Asociación Española de Antropología y Odontología Forense
Alicante, Spain
3-5 November 2022
Navarro-López B., Martos R., Palencia-Madrid L., Granizo-Rodríguez E., Cànaves L., Sánchez L., Baeta M., Eguiraun H., de Pancorbo MM.
Genes determinantes de la morfología craneofacial y su aplicación al desarrollo del retrato robot molecular.
Oral communication
28th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG)
Prague, Czech Republic
9-13 September 2019
Baeta, M., Villaescusa, P., Palencia-Madrid, L., Kleinbielen, T., Granizo, E., Herrera, RJ., de Pancorbo, MM.
Deepening in the Y-chromosome genetic landscape of a Micronesian population.
Poster
26th Congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
Krakovia, Poland
31 August-1 September 2015
Prieto, E., Baeta, M., Núñez, C., Jiménez, S., de Pancorbo, MM.
Development of a new 17 X-STRS multiplex for a higher genetic resolution in forensic and anthropological studies.
Poster
Valverde, L., Illescas, MJ., Villaescusa, P., Jimenez, S., Jarreta, B., Zarrabeitia, MT., Olofsson, J., Morling, N., de Pancorbo, MM.
Forensic interest of the dissection of the main European paternal lineage M269 in Atlantic Europe and Iberia.
Poster
VII Jornadas en Genética Forense: Nuevas Aplicaciones en Genética Forense
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
21 February 2014
Organized by BIOMICs Research Group and Master on Forensic Analysis of the UPV/EHU
Valverde, L., de Pancorbo, MM.
Identificación Genética de plantas de Cannabis.
Invited speaker
Progrès Récents dans les Analyses Génétiques d’Identification
Bordeaux, France
25 October 2013
de Pancorbo, MM.
Progès récents dans les analyses génétiques d’identification.
Invited speaker
Décimo curso de Patología Forense
La Rioja, Spain
15-16 March 2013
Quintero Niño, ZS., Cardoso, S., Elcoroaristizabal, X., Guerra Merino, I., de Pancorbo, MM.
Análisis de ADN mitocondrial en muestras fijadas en formol y embebidas en parafina: efecto del formol en la estabilidad del ADN y sus consecuencias en estudios genéticos.
Oral communication