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Science in court: DNA's identity crisis

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It may be the gold standard of forensic science, but questions are now being raised about DNA identification from ever-smaller human traces. Natasha Gilbert asks how low can you go?

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See Editorial, page 325; News Features, pages 340 and 344; Opinion, page 351; and online at http://www.nature.com/scienceincourt .

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Gilbert, N. Science in court: DNA's identity crisis. Nature 464, 347–348 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464347a

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