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Development Of Dna Methylation Markers To Infer Age, Smoking Status And Body Fluid Types For Forensic Application, Hussain J.H. Alghanim
Development Of Dna Methylation Markers To Infer Age, Smoking Status And Body Fluid Types For Forensic Application, Hussain J.H. Alghanim
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In forensic investigations, biological evidences have great potential to place a suspect at the scene of a crime. However, in many cases suspect(s) usually can’t be identified with any local or national databases. In such challenging cases, police need a tool that can provide investigative leads. Thus, different genetic biomarkers including DNA methylation markers have been developed for different phenotypic traits to serve as source of intelligence information to investigators in cases of unknown DNA profiles. In this project, novel sets of DNA methylation markers were developed for the forensic estimation of human age, determining the smoking status and body …