Sentences with phrase «hair protein markers»
They have found a total of 185 hair protein markers to date, which they estimate would be sufficient to provide a unique pattern for an individual that could distinguish that person among a population of one million.
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Unique protein markers in hair could be used alongside DNA profiling for human identification, according to a study published September 7, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Glendon Parker from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA, and colleagues.
The authors hope to identify a core set of around a hundred protein markers that would be sufficient to distinguish an individual among the entire world's population using a single hair.
From protein markers for hair, to microbial clocks for cadavers, to sprays for detecting fly gut enzymes in blood spatter, the tools and techniques of forensic investigation now extend beyond the expertise of any single investigator.