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DNA fingerprinting dispute laid to rest

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Two principals in the once-raging debate over forensic DNA typing conclude that the scientific issues have all been resolved.

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  1. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142, USA

    Eric S. Lander

  2. the Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA

    Eric S. Lander

  3. Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Laboratory, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, 22135, USA

    Bruce Budowle

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