A comment on “The hare and the tortoise: One small step for four SNPs, one giant leap for SNP-kind”

Received 22 January 2010; received in revised form 2 March 2010; accepted 14 April 2010. published online 10 May 2010.
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The hare and the tortoise: One small step for four SNPs, one giant leap for SNP-kind , 03 September 2009
Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith
Forensic Science International: Genetics
February 2010 (Vol. 4, Issue 2, Pages 59-61)
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Abstract

A review recently published in this journal on the future of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the forensic field raised important points, some of which deserve further analysis. A contribution to the discussion of relevant theoretical, methodological and technological aspects, as well as of some legal constraints is presented.

Keywords: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), Short tandem repeats (STRs), Forensic genetics

a IPATIMUP, Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

b Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Correspondence address: IPATIMUP, R. Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. Tel.: +351 225570700; fax: +351 225570799.

PII: S1872-4973(10)00076-1

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.04.002