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A human identification system for hair shaft using RNA polymorphism.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Nov 2023
Liu Yao, Fan Jiajia, Zhang Mingming, Liu Zidong, Wang Jiaqi, Liu Jinding, Li Zeqin, Yang Fan, Zhang Gengqian
Abstract excerpt
Hair is one of the common pieces of evidence at crime scenes, with abundant mitochondrial DNA but limited nuclear DNA in its shaft. It also helps to narrow the investigation scope to maternal lineage but fails to provide unique individual information. We assumed that RNA in hair shafts would be an alternative resource used to perform human identification based on the facts that (1) RNA retains the polymorphic...
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