NIST builds statistical foundation for next-generation forensic DNA profiling

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) When forensic experts compare DNA left at a crime scene with DNA from a suspect, they generate statistics that describe how closely those DNA samples match. "If you're working criminal cases, you need to be able to generate match statistics," said Katherine Gettings, the NIST biologist who led the study. "The data we've published will make it possible for labs that use Next Generation Sequencing to generate those statistics."

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