Population Informative Markers Selected Using Wright's Fixation Index and Machine Learning Improves Human Identification Using the Skin Microbiome.

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Microbial DNA, shed from human skin, can be distinctive to its host and, thus, help individualize donors of forensic biological evidence. Previous studies have utilized single-locus microbial DNA markers (e.g., 16S rRNA) to assess the presence/absence of personal microbiota to profile human hosts. However, since the taxonomic composition of the microbiome is in constant fluctuation, this approach may not be...

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