Lecture: Crime Solving with Genetic Genealogy
Date/Time: | Monday, 04 Mar 2019 at 8:00 pm |
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Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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The 2018 arrest of the Golden State serial killer in California made international headlines in part because police teamed up with genealogists to use familial DNA to track him down. This new method of sleuthing raises questions about how it's done, ethics and privacy, and the reliability of genetic and DNA tests.