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Genetic sleuthing techniques that led to the arrest of a suspect in the infamous Golden State Killer case this year are set to become vastly more powerful, suggest two papers published today1,2.

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Nature 562, 315-316 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06997-8

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  • Update 15 October 2018: This article was updated to include comments from GEDmatch.

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