DNA could reveal your surname

Friday, October 10, 2008 - 05:49 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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