POSSIBILITIES OF THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN THE HUMAN IDENTIFICATION

Abstract

Biological traces can be found in various forms. The basic question to deal withduring the biological traces' analysis is the one about their origin, that is, the questionof identity of the person to whom such samples belong. Up to now the most precisemethod of the DNA is the PCR of Polymerase Chain Reaction.The generalassumptions about applying the method for the purpose of human identification aredescribed, namely, the one that is used in the Institute for Forensic Medicine in NoviSad.

Keywords

• Polymerase chain reaction
• human identification