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05.06.2019 | Original Article
Persistence of DNA in the Singapore context
verfasst von:
Li Yen Candy Lee, Hang Yee Wong, Jun Yu Lee, Zubaidah Binti Mohd Waffa, Zhen Qin Aw, Siti Nur Arfah Binte Mohd Fauzi, See Ying Hoe, Mae-Lynn Lim, Christopher Kiu-Choong Syn
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Legal Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2019
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Abstract
The relevance and not merely the presence of one’s DNA at a crime scene has become the emerging issue in courtrooms all over the world today. By studying the length of time DNA is likely to persist in an environment until detection, a more holistic assessment of DNA evidence in the context of a case can be made. The current study looks at the persistence of DNA from blood, keratinocytes, and several types of mock exhibits under various conditions, in the tropical rainforest climate of Singapore. While DNA on articles left outdoors showed highly variable persistence subject to the presence of rainfall, DNA from items placed indoors at ambient temperature and under controlled temperature and humidity is comparatively stable. The information gathered from this study, while not exhaustive, serves to provide investigators and the courts with a better understanding of the relevance of DNA recovered from crime scenes of different environmental conditions.