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DNAPrint genomics, Sarasota, Fla., has upgraded its DNAWitness(TM) 2.5 product for physical profiling from DNA with a proprietary database designed to help investigators learn what their results say, or don't say, about physical appearance.
The DNAWitness(TM) 2.5 genome test allows forensics investigators to employ objective science, empiricism and statistical analysis in the reconstruction of a physical profile or "fuzzy photo" from DNA left at a crime scene. It employs the world's first molecular genetics test for the inference of BioGeographical Ancestry (BGA) admixture. For example, DNA at a crime scene may indicate that a person is of 90% East Asian, 10% European mix. BGA is obviously related to physical appearance, and individuals with fewer admixtures tend...