Low Copy Number DNA

[nancy1108]

Hi all, im a final year student in forensic science and I am doing my dissertation on low copy number DNA profiling. I need to come up with an original issue about the subject. Could anyone give an opinion please?

[Bettypat]

I don't profess to know much about the subject but I remember there was a lot of talk about this in the Madeline McCann case.

[Hymie]

In the future, with more use of this technique and growing DNA data-bases, inevitably a number of false matches will be identified.

Many DNA samples are also being checked for a close match � where a relative may be a match. Although this issue is not unique to low copy number DNA, it is an area of the science for consideration.

[theprof]

I don't understand. Given that you're a final year student, you should be capable of devising this for yourself. You should have encountered enough scenarios by now to give you some idea.

I suggest you have a chat with your tutor(s). He/she should be able to point you in the right direction.

[Hymie]

In the not too distant future, DNA analysis will be capable of directly analysing DNA from a single cell � making the low copy number technique obsolete � End of dissertation.