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DNA Forensics
The advances in DNA testing and technology have revolutionized criminal forensics. Primarily, DNA evidence is used for identification of either the victim or the perpetrator in criminal cases. However, new DNA procedures are being developed to take criminal forensics to another level.
DNA databases and DNA fingerprinting will allow information to be used as investigative tools. New field-testing instruments allow for on-site DNA testing. In addition, testing is now available which allows extremely small and degraded DNA specimens to be identified. Traditionally, DNA evidence has been used as an evidentiary investigative technique, but advances are being made to utilize such information for potential criminal defenses.
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- For full citations, see: ELSI Publications and Products.
- For further descriptions of the author's project, search The ELSI Grant Abstracts and Activities Database
Sample Grant Abstracts for Funded Projects:
- King, Mary Claire. Sequencing mtDNA for human identification.
- Rau, Richard. DNA forensics science: an update-supplement.
- Wasserman, David T. Genetic factors in crime: findings, uses and implications.
- Wasserman, David T. The impact of DNA typing on criminal investigation.
- Zaborsky, Oskar R. An evaluation of the application of DNA technology in forensic science.
Last Reviewed: July 7, 2008
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