Sunday, April 22, 2012

F.B.I. Lab Houses Growing Database of DNA Profiles - NYTimes.com

F.B.I. Lab Houses Growing Database of DNA Profiles - NYTimes.com

In a Lab, an Ever-Growing Database of DNA Profiles
Charles Dharapak/Associated Press
SLEUTHING The F.B.I. crime lab extracts genetic information from thousands of pieces of evidence each year and adds the findings to a database.

Published: May 11, 2009
QUANTICO, Va. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation established its first crime laboratory in 1932 in a converted lounge in Washington. The one-man operation included a sink, a microscope and its most exotic piece of equipment: a helixometer, a lighted magnifier probe to inspect gun-barrel scoring.

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