DNA database
Stored hereditary profiles
A DNA database is a collection of genetic profiles used for identification purposes.
Law enforcement agencies maintain DNA databases to match crime scene evidence against known offenders: The suspect's DNA was already in the database from a previous arrest.
Other databases serve medical research, genealogy, or paternity testing.
Privacy concerns surround how DNA data is stored, shared, and accessed.
- geneticRelating to heredity
- genetic fingerprintIndividual's unique hereditary marker
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- crimePunishable illegal act
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
evidence · law enforcement · fingerprint · DNA sample · sample · match · swab · chain of custody · profile · ancestry · genealogy · family tree · cold case · suspect · identification · sequencing · helix · chromosome
- crime databasesAFIS, criminal records, criminal history, rap sheet, arrest records
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- DNA ancestryancestry test, DNA test, DNA match, genetic genealogy, haplogroup
- DNA testsDNA test, paternity test, genetic test, DNA sample, genotyping
- police recordspolice records, arrest report, police reports, incident report, arrest records
- DNA Markersmicrosatellites, loci, polymorphisms, alleles, genotyping
DNA databaseeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
handwriting analysis · self-identification · photo lineup · anonymous tip · dental records
DNA databaseanonymity
Unknown identity state
privacy · right to be forgotten · encryption · data destruction · untraceability