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  2. Code of a Killer - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Alec Jeffreys is an ambitious scientist who has recently discovered a remarkable method to read a person's DNA and, from it, generate a unique DNA fingerprint. Convinced one local person committed both crimes, Baker approaches Jeffreys to utilise his scientific technique to solve the murders.

  3. Forensic identification - Wikipedia

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    People can also be identified from traces of their DNA from blood, skin, hair, saliva, and semen [1] by DNA fingerprinting, from their ear print, from their teeth or bite by forensic odontology, from a photograph or a video recording by facial recognition systems, from the video recording of their walk by gait analysis, from an audio recording ...

  4. DNA profiling - Wikipedia

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    DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting and genetic fingerprinting) is the process of determining an individual's deoxyribonucleic acid characteristics. DNA analysis intended to identify a species, rather than an individual, is called DNA barcoding .

  5. Alec Jeffreys - Wikipedia

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    The method can also be applied to non-human species, for example in wildlife population genetics studies. [19] Before his methods were commercialised in 1987, his laboratory was the only centre in the world that carried out DNA fingerprinting, and was consequently very busy, receiving inquiries from all over the globe. [8] [18]

  6. Challenges of DNA technology to identify missing children

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    "Children of color, families of color, have a smaller footprint in the DNA databases," Bischoff said. Bischoff said there is one tool that can be invaluable in helping identify these children.

  7. Touch DNA - Wikipedia

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    Touch DNA was introduced in the third trial of David Camm by the defense. The DNA profile of another man, Charles Boney, was found on a number of objects at the crime scene, including the panties of Camm's wife Kim and a fingernail that is thought to have broken off during the struggle. The DNA evidence aided in his acquittal of the murders. [11]

  8. Is it safe to have your ancestry data online? Here's what ...

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    Millions of people use genetic testing companies like 23andMe to learn more about their ancestry and health. But a new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information ...

  9. Forensic science - Wikipedia

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    A Fingerprint Bureau was established in Calcutta , India, in 1897, after the Council of the Governor General approved a committee report that fingerprints should be used for the classification of criminal records. Working in the Calcutta Anthropometric Bureau, before it became the Fingerprint Bureau, were Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose.