Encoded evidence: DNA in forensic analysis
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- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Genetics
- Vol. 5 (10) , 739-751
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1455
Abstract
Sherlock Holmes said "it has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important", but never imagined that such a little thing, the DNA molecule, could become perhaps the most powerful single tool in the multifaceted fight against crime. Twenty years after the development of DNA fingerprinting, forensic DNA analysis is key to the conviction or exoneration of suspects and the identification of victims of crimes, accidents and disasters, driving the development of innovative methods in molecular genetics, statistics and the use of massive intelligence databases.Keywords
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