Monday, July 12, 2010

Familial DNA on pizza crust

So the LAPD caught the Grim Sleeper based on 2 controversial aspects of DNA profiling: familial DNA matches (they 1st IDed him through his son) and sample-stalking (they retrieved DNA from a discarded pizza crust) -- a good "genetics and society" case study...
LA Times article via title link. Science Insider link here.

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