NIST Builds Statistical Foundation for Next-Generation Forensic DNA Profiling | NIST

NIST Builds Statistical Foundation for Next-Generation Forensic DNA Profiling | NIST

NIST Builds Statistical Foundation for Next-Generation Forensic DNA Profiling

July 23, 2018

NIST scientists have published statistical data needed for forensic DNA profiling based on a technology called Next Generation Sequencing. To do that, they sequenced forensic DNA markers for a sample population. The letters A, G, T, and C represent the building blocks of DNA.

Credit: K. Irvine/NIST