Colin Barras
Forensic partial DNA profiles provide important but controversial information
The following is an excerpt. Forensic scientists can now construct a partial DNA profile from just a few cells, says David ...
“Adam” born 338,000 years ago in revised estimate
DNA collected from an African American suggests that the "genetic Adam" may have lived far longer ago than previously thought ...
DNA’s half-life identified using fossil bones
We are used to radioactive substances having a half-life, but DNA? Now a study of bones from extinct birds suggests ...