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RE: Scientists have a new tool to identified species; by sequencing environmental DNA (eDNA) to find all the species that lives in the environment
This is quite an interesting perspective of DNA analysis. And the fact that it deals with DNA residues in a particular area or environment suggests that the eDNA can be applied to solving crimes too. By identifying DNA or perps of crimes through eDNA, can it be compared to or applicable to forensic analysis in crime fighting?
Thanks for sharing @valth
It might work, but I think it will provide lots of false-positive results unless the crime has been committed in a place where almost no people go to. But the technology is still very new, so maybe it will evolve to be used for this purpose in the future.
Oh Yea! That's true. You are quite right about the false positives. Thanks @valth, I get your logic now.
Hehe, that's good! It might still be useful for forensics in some form or another, but there's a few problems to be solved first :)