Blood samples at the New Zealand DNA Profile Databank, for DNA profiling.
Forensic scientists collect or process trace evidence such as hair, skin, blood or semen samples that is found at crime...
The discovery that genes are made up of DNA and can be isolated, copied and manipulated has led to a...
Professor Greg Hampikian has developed a DNA barcode system that permanently marks DNA samples, preventing them from being muddled with...
In 1995, New Zealand became the second country in the world to collect and store DNA profiles in a databank....
Researchers may be a step closer to finding out where the first New Zealanders came from. University of Otago researchers...
DNA profiling is the process where a specific DNA pattern, called a profile, is obtained from a person or sample...
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