About the Authors

Magdalena Marcińska

Affiliation Institute of Forensic Research, Section of Forensic Genetics, Krakow, Poland

Ewelina Pośpiech

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Sarah Abidi

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen

Affiliation Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Margreet van den Berge

Affiliation Department of Human Biological Traces, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

Ángel Carracedo

Affiliations Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Genomic Medicine Group, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Mayra Eduardoff

Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Anna Marczakiewicz-Lustig

Affiliation Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Niels Morling

Affiliation Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Titia Sijen

Affiliation Department of Human Biological Traces, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

Małgorzata Skowron

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Jens Söchtig

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Denise Syndercombe-Court

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Natalie Weiler

Affiliation Department of Human Biological Traces, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

The EUROFORGEN-NoE Consortium

Membership of the EUROFORGEN-NoE Consortium is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Peter M. Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

David Ballard

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Claus Børsting

Affiliation Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Walther Parson

Affiliations Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Forensic Science Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chris Phillips

Affiliation Forensic Genetics Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Wojciech Branicki

wojciech.branicki@uj.edu.pl

Affiliations Institute of Forensic Research, Section of Forensic Genetics, Krakow, Poland, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WB CP WP MM EP. Performed the experiments: EP MM CB DB AM-L MS SA JDA MvdB ME JS NW. Analyzed the data: EP MM WB CB DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC NM TS DS-C PS. Wrote the paper: WB MM EP CP.