Forensic Biometrics: The Determination of Individual Physical Characteristics by DNA/RNA Typing

This focus of this project is to determine the physical characteristics of an individual depositing a particular biological stain at a crime scene. This could provide probative information for law enforcement investigators. A useful biometric, and one that may be amenable to molecular genetic analysis, is the age of an individual. This project seeks to determine molecular markers for the aging process by performing global and specific gene expression profiling using mRNA isolated from blood, semen, saliva and fingerprint secretions from individuals of different ages.

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Jack Ballantyne
Department of Chemistry, CH 117
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816
Telephone: 407-823-0163
FAX: 407-823-2252
E-Mail: jballant@mail.ucf.edu