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A Glimpse of Famous Cases in History Solved by DNA Typing

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DNA fingerprinting technique is considered to be the most irrefutable evidence in the criminal justice system. The technique has been advanced from the RFLP-based analysis to the estimation of alleles of PCR-amplified STR markers by capillary electrophoresis. The present-day forensic DNA practice is witnessing a paradigm shift from CE-based analysis to NGS-based sequence determination of the alleles. Despite all the advancements, the technology has been used successfully in solving many criminal and civil cases of paternity dispute, identification, murder, and sexual assault nature. Few highlighted cases solved by this technique have been discussed in this chapter. Besides, the technology has also been used in solving many cold cases in history as well as exonerating innocents. Though NGS technology is in its preliminary stage of use in forensic DNA analysis, its importance in solving complicated criminal cases has also been discussed.

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  1. DNA Fingerprinting Unit, Forensic Science Laboratory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Hirak Ranjan Dash, Kamayani Vajpayee & Radhika Agarwal

  2. School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India

    Kamayani Vajpayee

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  1. Scientific Officer, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Hirak Ranjan Dash

  2. DNA Fingerprinting Unit, Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Pankaj Shrivastava

  3. University of Granada, Granada, Granada, Spain

    José Antonio Lorente

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Dash, H.R., Vajpayee, K., Agarwal, R. (2021). A Glimpse of Famous Cases in History Solved by DNA Typing. In: Dash, H.R., Shrivastava, P., Lorente, J.A. (eds) Handbook of DNA Profiling. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9364-2_14-1

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