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Assessing Single-Source Reproducibility of Human Head Hair Peptide Profiling from Different Regions of the Scalp.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jan 2021
Lawas Maria, Jones Katherine F, Mason Katelyn E, Anex Deon S, Carlson Traci L, Forger Luisa V, Eckenrode Brian A, Hart Bradley, Donfack Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Neither microscopical hair comparisons nor mitochondrial DNA sequencing alone, or together, constitutes a basis for personal identification. Due to these limitations, a complementary technique to compare questioned and known hair shafts was investigated. Recently, scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Forensic Science Center and other collaborators developed a peptide profiling technique, which...
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