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Development of a forensic skin colour predictive test.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Nov 2014
Maroñas Olalla, Phillips Chris, Söchtig Jens, Gomez-Tato Antonio, Cruz Raquel, Alvarez-Dios José, de Cal María Casares, Ruiz Yarimar, Fondevila Manuel, Carracedo Ángel, Lareu María V
Abstract excerpt
There is growing interest in skin colour prediction in the forensic field. However, a lack of consensus approaches for recording skin colour phenotype plus the complicating factors of epistatic effects, environmental influences such as exposure to the sun and unidentified genetic variants, present difficulties for the development of a forensic skin colour predictive test centred on the most strongly associated...
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