Crime-Scene DNA Samples Could Be Used to Draw Pictures of Suspects
Published: March 28th, 2009
Researchers are identifying genes that give rise to a person’s physical traits, such as facial structure, skin color or even whether they are right- or left-handed. That could allow police to build a picture of what a criminal looks like not just from sometimes-fuzzy eyewitness accounts, but by analyzing DNA found at a crime scene.
Another use for this is designing babies: offering parents to create surplus embryos, select one with the desired traits – like blonde hair – to live, and kill the others.
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