Jailed since 1991 for the murder of an old lady, an American was proved innocent at the end of 2010 thanks to his DNA. Following a night-long interrogation, Frank Sterling had confessed to the murder. Condemned to 25 years in […]
Puzzling genetic find of the Caucasian Chinese…Puzzling genetic find of the Caucasian Chinese…
A genetic analysis has demonstrated that nearly twothirds of the inhabitants in Ligian, a village in Western China, have a remote Caucasian origin. Are they the descendants of Roman legionaries who got lost in Iran in 53 BC and were […]
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ISO 17025 certification After two years’work, IGNA has been granted the ISO 17025 certification of its Nantes site by Cofrac for nuclear DNA-related services. This deserves some explanation. By 2013, genetic testing laboratories will have to be ISO 17025 certified […]
Sapiens and Neanderthal: a very long-standing affair…Sapiens and Neanderthal: a very long-standing affair…
Using forensic medicine techniques, researchers have discovered unexpected variations that substantiate the thesis of interbreeding in the Mediterranean and in Asia between Sapienses and Neanderthals. The fact is that today one finds in Eurasians 1 to 4% of Neanderthal genetic […]