Biology 1st Edition by Jerome Krueger, Kendra Hill, Robert Noyd

Exercise 2

Ten years after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, medical examiners have identified 60 percent of the remains collected, and they have confirmed the identity of 60 percent of the victims. Explain how forensic scientists use DNA profiling to identify the victims. Speculate why 40 percent of the victims and collected remains would still be unidentified.