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Bringing colour back after 70 years: Predicting eye and hair colour from skeletal remains of World War II victims using the HIrisPlex system.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jan 2017
Chaitanya Lakshmi, Pajnič Irena Zupanič, Walsh Susan, Balažic Jože, Zupanc Tomaž, Kayser Manfred
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Retrieving information about externally visible characteristics from DNA can provide investigative leads to find unknown perpetrators, and can also help in disaster victim and other missing person identification cases. Aiming for the application to both types of forensic casework, we previously developed and forensically validated the HIrisPlex test system enabling parallel DNA prediction of eye and hair colour....
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