Forensic DNA-Typing Technologies: A Review Angel Carracedo and Paula Sánchez-Diz DNA Extraction and Quantitation of Forensic Samples Using the Phenol-Chloroform Method and Real-Time PCR Silvano Köchl, Harald Niederstätter, and Walther Parson A Real-Time PCR Protocol to Determine the Number of Amelogenine (X-Y) Gene Copies From Forensic DNA Samples Antonio Alonso and Pablo Martín Species Determination: The Role and Use of the Cytochrome b Gene Adrian Linacre and James Chun-I Lee Constructing STR Mulitplex Assays John M. Butler Y Chromosome STR Typing Leonor Gusmão and Cíntia Alves Using Online Databases for Developing SNP Markers of Forensic Interest Christopher Phillips SNP Typing in Forensic Genetics: A Review Beatriz Sobrino and Angel Carracedo Genotyping SNPs With the LightCycler María Victoria Lareu and Clara Ruiz-Ponte Universal Tag Arrays in Forensic SNP Analysis Marie Allen and Anna-Maria Divne SNP Typing on the NanoChip Electronic Microarray Claus Børsting, Juan J. Sanchez, and Niels Morling Genotyping SNPs Using a UV-Photocleavable Oligonucleotide in MALDI-TOF MS Peter M. Vallone, Kristina Fahr, and Markus Kostrzewa Mitochondrial D-Loop and Coding Sequence Analysis Using Pyrosequencing Marie Allen and Hanna Andréasson SNaPshot Typing of Mitochondrial DNA Coding Region Variants Antonio Salas, Beatriz Quintáns, and Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias Typing of Y Chromosome SNPs With Multiplex PCR Methods Juan J. Sanchez, Claus Børsting, and Niels Morling Y Chromosome SNP Analysis Using Single-Base Extension: A Hierarchical Multiplex Design María Brión SNaPshot for Pharmacogenetics by Minisequencing Klaus Bender Methods for the Study of Ancient DNA Christine Keyser-Tracqui and BertrandLudes Protocols for Ancient DNATyping Cristian Capelli and Frank Tschentscher Index