DNA could reveal your surname
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 08:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists at the world-leading Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester – where the revolutionary technique of genetic fingerprinting was invented by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys- are developing techniques which may one day allow police to work out someone's surname from the DNA alone. read more
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