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>> Joe: he was short brown hair, good hair though, great eyes, nice smile, good nose,
masculine but not too masculine…
>> Lee: Joe Is this the man that stole your coffee???
>> Joe: No. I don’t know why I thought you could do this. Btu don’t worry because scientists
believe that DNA evidence found at a crime scene could, in the future, be used to create
mugshots of criminal suspects.
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>> Lee: this is just one of the many potential uses from “Modeling 3d facial shape from
Dna,” an article that explains how scientists were able to produce crude 3d models of faces
using DNA samples.
>> Joe: the scientists show facial variation with regard to sex, ancestry, and genes and
can systematically allow them to lay down foundation for predictive modeling of faces.
>> Lee: Now, this predictive modeling could be used not only forensically, like when DNA
is left at the crime scene, there’s not witnesses and they want to narrow the pool
of suspects.
>> Joe: And how do the scientists get there? By looking at genes that not only correlate
with facial structures but by using those genes to develop statistical models from that
DNA. And of course this technology is in its baby stages, but with further development
this could be a huge breakthrough in cold cases, *** cases, who dunnit cases, like
the case of the missing coffee…
>> Lee hold on joe, you said he had handsome straight hair, a nice smile, with a masculine
but slightly feminine nose??
>> Joe: Yes, and extremely charismatic eyes…
>> Lee: Is this you guy? Wait joe this is you!
>> Joe: I know, I needed something for my fridge, (grabs it from lee) thank you!
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