Forensic DNA phenotyping in criminal investigations and criminal courts: assessing and mitigating the dilemmas inherent in the science.

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Forensic DNA phenotyping in criminal investigations and criminal courts: assessing and mitigating the dilemmas inherent in the science.

Recent advances in DNA & gene sequences - 1 Jan 2014

MacLean Charles E, Lamparello Adam

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Forensic DNA Phenotyping ("FDP"), estimating the externally visible characteristics ("EVCs") of the source of human DNA left at a crime scene, is evolving from science fiction toward science fact. FDP can already identify a source's gender with 100% accuracy, and likely hair color, iris color, adult height, and a number of other EVCs with accuracy rates approaching 70%. Patent applications have been filed for...

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Adult
Criminal Law
DNA
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Forensic Genetics
Humans
Phenotype
Portraits as Topic

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PMID: 25687339
DOI: 10.2174/2352092209666150212001256

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