Publications

• Ph.D. Dissertation – “The Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Entire Mitochondrial Genome to Increase the Forensic Discrimination of Common HV1/HV2 Types in the Caucasian Population.”,  January, 2004, 206 pp. 

   

• Coble, M.D. and Butler, J.M. (2004) Characterization of new miniSTR loci to aid analysis of degraded DNA, J. Forensic Sci., in press. [preprint]

   

• Coble, M.D., Just, R.S., O'Callaghan, J.E., Letmanyi, I.H., Peterson, C.T., Irwin, J.A., Parsons, T.J. (2004) “Single nucleotide polymorphisms over the entire mtDNA genome that increase the power of forensic testing in Caucasians.” Int. J. Legal Med., 118(3): 137-146.
  
  
• Vallone, P.M., Just, R.S., Coble, M.D., Butler, J.M., Parsons, T.J. (2004) A multiplex allele-specific primer extension assay for forensically informative SNPs distributed throughout the mitochondrial genome. Int. J. Legal Med., 118(3): 147-157.
  
  
• Edson, S.M., Ross, J.R., Coble, M.D., Parsons, T.J., and Barritt, S.M. (2004) “Naming the Dead — Confronting the Realities of Rapid Identification of Degraded Skeletal Remains.” Forensic Science Reviews 16(1): 64-89.
  
  
• Levin, B.C., Holland, K.A., Hancock, D.A., Coble, M., Parsons, T.J., Kienker, L.J., Williams, D.W., Jones, M.P., and Richie, K.L. (2003) “Comparison of the complete mtDNA genome sequences of human cell lines - HL-60 and GMIO742A - from individuals with pro-myelocytic leukemia and leber hereditary optic neuropathy, respectively, and the inclusion of HL-60 in the NIST human mitochondrial DNA standard reference material - SRM 2392-I.” Mitochondrion 2: 387-400.

   

   

• Parsons, T.J. and Coble, M.D. (2001) "Increasing the Forensic Discrimination of Mitochondrial DNA Testing Through Analysis of the Entire Mitochondrial DNA Genome.”  Croatian Medical Journal 42(3): 304-309.

   

• Steighner, R.J., Tully, L.A., Karjala, J.D., Coble, M.D., and Holland, M.M. (1999) “Comparative Identity and Homogeneity Testing of the mtDNA HV1 Region Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis.”  Journal of Forensic Science 44(6): 1186 – 1198.