It may be the gold standard of forensic science, but questions are now being raised about DNA identification from ever-smaller human traces. Natasha Gilbert asks how low can you go?
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Gilbert, N. Science in court: DNA's identity crisis. Nature 464, 347–348 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464347a
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