New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual
May 14, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS -- An international team, led by scientists from the and in the Netherlands, has developed a novel tool to accurately predict eye, hair and skin color from human biological material -- even a small DNA sample -- left, for example, at a crime scene or obtained from archeological remains. This all-in-one pigmentation profile tool provides a physical description of the person in a way that has not previously been possible by generating all three pigment traits together using a freely available webtool.