Forensic DNA test conclusively links snake bite marks on people to species

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 04:07 in Biology & Nature

Starting with a simple DNA swab taken from fang marks on people bitten by snakes, an international research team correctly identified the species of the biting snake 100 percent of the time in a first-of-its-kind clinical study.

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