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AEQUITAS VOLUME: 1,
ISSUE: 1
T E C H N O L O G I C A L
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS
A D V A N C E M E N T S
I N T H E F I E L D O F
IN THE FIELD OF
F O R E N S I C S :
FORENSICS:
M E T A G E N O M I C A N A L Y S I S O F B A C T E R I A O N H U M A N H A I R
METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BACTERIA ON HUMAN HAIR
When we think of common Locard's principle of
pieces of evidence found at exchange is very applicable
the scene of a crime, hair in cases of hair evidence, as
evidence is one of the first hair can be easily
that comes to mind. The transferred from person to
average person's head person, to their clothes, and
contains 10,000 hair strands, even between scenes of
of which approximately 100 crime, which can help in
are shed daily. linking different scenes of
crime.
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