Wasti Qandeel Zaineb, Sabar Muhammad Farooq, Farooq Abeera, Khan Muhammad Umer
Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2024 Dec;20(4):1464-1474. doi: 10.1007/s12024-023-00770-8. Epub 2023 Dec 26.
This review is engaged in determining the capability of plant pollen as a significant source of evidence for the linkage between suspects and crime location in forensic sciences. Research and review articles were collected from Google Scholar, the Web of Science, and PubMed. Articles were searched using specific keywords such as "Forensic Palynology," "Pollen metabarcoding," "Plant forensics," and "Pollen" AND "criminal investigation." Boolean logic was also utilized to narrow the articles to be included in this review article. Through the literature and exploratory research, it has been observed in the current study that with advancements in technology, forensic palynology has found its application in creating an association between the crime scene and suspected individuals to have a link to it, as pollen DNA is a long-lasting investigative tool that can effectively help forensic investigations. Moreover, the literature shows that the DNA of pollen and spores has helped forensic scientists link suspects to crime scenes, and the introduction of pollen DNA metabarcoding tools has eased the efforts of palynologists to analyze pollen DNA. The introduction of DNA metabarcoding techniques to analyze pollen from plants has helped identify the geological locations of the plants and ultimately identify the culprit.
本综述旨在确定植物花粉作为法医学中嫌疑人与犯罪地点之间联系的重要证据来源的能力。研究和综述文章从谷歌学术、科学网和PubMed收集。使用“法医孢粉学”、“花粉宏条形码分析”、“植物法医学”以及“花粉”和“刑事调查”等特定关键词进行文章搜索。还利用布尔逻辑来缩小纳入本综述文章的范围。通过文献研究和探索性研究，在当前研究中观察到，随着技术的进步，法医孢粉学已在建立犯罪现场与与之有关联的嫌疑人之间的联系方面得到应用，因为花粉DNA是一种持久的调查工具，可以有效地帮助法医调查。此外，文献表明，花粉和孢子的DNA已帮助法医科学家将嫌疑人与犯罪现场联系起来，而花粉DNA宏条形码分析工具的引入减轻了孢粉学家分析花粉DNA的工作量。引入DNA宏条形码分析技术来分析植物花粉有助于确定植物的地理位置，最终识别罪犯。
