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Area of Science:

  • Forensic science
  • Molecular biology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Ageing involves gradual biomolecular alterations on DNA and protein levels, acting as a molecular clock.
  • These molecular changes, influenced by genetics and environment, have potential applications in forensic age estimation.
  • Key molecular markers include DNA alterations (mtDNA deletion, telomere attrition) and protein changes (aspartic acid racemisation, advanced glycation endproducts).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate molecular alterations for forensic age estimation.
  • To compare the suitability of DNA and protein markers for determining biological age.
  • To highlight the current status and challenges of molecular age estimation techniques in forensics.

Main Methods:

  • Review of established molecular alterations associated with ageing.
  • Focus on DNA-level changes: 4977bp deletion in mitochondrial DNA and telomere attrition.
  • Focus on protein-level changes: aspartic acid racemisation and advanced glycation endproducts.

Main Results:

  • Aspartic acid racemisation shows high accuracy, excellent standardization, and robust evaluation, making it the leading method.
  • Other methods like mtDNA deletion and telomere attrition often lack standardized procedures and sufficient data.
  • Advanced glycation endproducts also require further validation for forensic use.

Conclusions:

  • Molecular age estimation holds significant promise for forensic identification of individuals from biological samples.
  • Aspartic acid racemisation is the most advanced method currently available for forensic age estimation.
  • Further research and standardization of other molecular markers are crucial to enhance the accuracy and reliability of forensic age assessments.