DNA Mugshot

Posted by: on Mar 27, 2014 | No Comments

Genetics have been used in the past to hypothesize ancestry based on physical features that can be predicted through the information coded in DNA. But is it possible to predict what the person actually looks like? A new technology called “molecular photofitting” is being explored as a way to produce an image of a suspect based on DNA left at a crime scene. Using several genetic variants found in DNA coding, it is already possible to determine ancestry and some shades of hair color, but strides have been mad to narrow the scope down to determining facial structure, as variants in genes have been linked to predicting facial shape.

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[Abstract Written by Walter Tates, ForensIQ Inc. Intern, 032714]

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