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General genetics - An excellent introduction to DNA and genetics is given at the Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory http://www.dnalc.org/. The section DNA from the beginning http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/ is very good.

General forensic DNA analysis

• How is DNA typing done?
  
  
  
• Brief History of Forensic DNA Typing
  
  
  
• Genetic fingerprinting
  Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys describes his work and the moment of the key discoveries leading to the invention of DNA fingerprinting at this website.
  
  
• The introduction of molecular genetic techniques into forensic science
  “The introduction of molecular genetic techniques into forensic science” by Richard A Nichols & Mathew Greenhalgh is at this website.
  
  
• The Forensic Science Service
  Case studies - Numerous cases involving DNA profiling are given at the Forensic Science Service Casefiles at this website.
  
  
• Questionning Paternity
  Paternity testing is reviewed at this website.
  
  
• FBL-Forensic Entomology
  mtDNA is well covered at a number of sites such as the one shown above and the the following:
  
  
  
  • about mitochondrial DNA
    
    
    
  • mtDNA Matches - Dr. William Shields, State University of New York
    

  DNA techniques used in forensic DNA analysis are well covered at a number of sites - for example:
  
  

• Gel Electrophoresis of DNA and RNA
  
  
  
• PCR animation
  
  
  
• Dolan DNA Learning Centre
  The Animation Library at the Dolan Learning Centre contains excellent descriptions of PCR, DNA Sequencing and the classic techniques of “DNA fingerprinting” as DNA Detectives.
  
  

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