Nature 371, 735 - 738 (27 October 2002); doi:10.1038/371735a0

DNA fingerprinting dispute laid to rest

Eric S. Lander & Bruce Budowle

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA and the Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Forensic Science Research and Training Center, FBI Laboratory, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia 22135, USA.

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

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