Improving Human Forensics Through Advances in Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology

    February 2011 in “ Nature Reviews Genetics ”
    Manfred Kayser, Peter de Knijff
    Studysummary This review discusses advances in forensic DNA profiling, highlighting new genetic markers and methods for identifying unknown individuals, but reports no new research findings.
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