Forensics: New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual
New tool will be used when standard forensic profiling is not helpful
Date:
May 14, 2018
Source:
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science
Summary:
An international team has developed a novel tool to accurately predict eye, hair and skin color from human biological material -- even a small DNA sample -- left, for example, at a crime scene or obtained from archeological remains. This all-in-one pigmentation profile tool provides a physical description of the person in a way that has not previously been possible by generating all three pigment traits together using a freely available webtool.
Share:
FULL STORY
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180514083926.htm
