Human DNA and STR Profiles from Water Samples at Drowning Sites

Quantities of human DNA, DNA degradation indices, and STR profiling results from water samples collected at drowning sites. The dataset was authored by Mitsuyo Machida and last updated on March 25, 2026. It is a 5.5 KB XLS file shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling DNA degradation in aquatic environments based on reported degradation indices.
• Assessing STR profiling success rates from water samples for forensic validation.
• Investigating interindividual variation in DNA quantity recovered from water mentioned in the platform tags.
• Comparing DNA recovery between indoor and outdoor drowning cases as suggested by the platform tags.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (5.5 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Includes specific forensic metrics: human DNA quantity and STR profiling results.
• Explicitly licensed as CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Water samples collected at drowning sites, as described.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:34:00; freshness should be verified.