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Prediction of people's origin from degraded DNA--presentation of SNP assays and calculation of probability.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Mar 2013
Poetsch Micaela, Blöhm Rowena, Harder Melanie, Inoue Hiromasa, von Wurmb-Schwark Nicole, Freitag-Wolf Sandra
Abstract excerpt
The characterization of externally visible traits by DNA analysis is already an important tool when investigating ancient skeletal remains and may gain similar importance in future forensic DNA analysis. This, however, depends on the different legal regulations in the different countries. Besides eye or hair color, the population origin can provide crucial information in criminal prosecution. In this study, we...
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