Abstract
Human identification has made great strides over the past two decades due to the advent of DNA typing. Forensic DNA typing provides genetic data from a variety of biological materials and individuals and is applied to many important issues that confront society. Part of the success of DNA typing is the generation of DNA databases to help identify missing persons and to develop investigative leads to assist law enforcement. DNA databases contain DNA profiles from convicted felons, crime scene evidence, human remains, and personal and family reference samples of missing individuals. The scientific community, government, and the general public continue to work together to standardize genetic markers for more effective sharing of data globally, to develop and validate robust DNA typing including core and highly polymorphic genetic markers, to develop more sensitive technologies that may be analyzed through diverse processes, and to develop policies to make human identity testing more effective.
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Saiz, M., Alvarez-Cubero, M.J., Alvarez, J.C., Lorente, J.A. (2016). The Advantages of Noncriminal Genetic Databases in Identifying Missing Persons and Human Remains. In: Morewitz, S., Sturdy Colls, C. (eds) Handbook of Missing Persons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40199-7_24
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