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Potential for incorrect relationship identification in new forensic familial searching techniques
New research suggests that unrelated individuals may be mistakenly identified as genetic family members due to inaccurate genetic assumptions. This is particularly relevant when considering familial searching: a new technique which extends forensic identification to family members of individuals with profiles in offender/arrestee DNA databases. In a study published this week in PLoS Genetics ...

Study Raises Concerns About Family-Based Forensics Approach
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A controversial genetic forensics method known as familial searching may be prone to complications in the US and other places where structured populations are present, according to a PLoS Genetics study by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington.

Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review
The NoSQL movement has spawned a slew of alternative data stores, all of which attempt to fill voids left by traditional relational database implementations. But while it's easy to fit the various relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, DB2, and so on) under a single categorical umbrella, the NoSQL world is much more diverse, and the NoSQL label is too general. NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and ...