NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

This Board on Biology study was supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Institutes of Health National Center for Human Genome Research, the National Institute of Justice, the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the State Justice Institute.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science. DNA technology in forensic science / Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Forensic genetics—Congresses. 2. DNA fingerprinting— Congresses. I. Title.

[DNLM: 1. DNA—analysis. 2. Forensic Medicine—methods. W 786 N277d]

RA1057.5N37 1992

614'.1—dc20

DNLM/DLC

for Library of Congress 92-16341

CIP

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