Predicting phenotypes - outward traits such as hair colour or eye colour - from DNA information is an emerging field in forensics.

BBC: Forensic test can predict hair and eye colour from DNA

The test system includes the six DNA markers previously used in a test for eye colour known as Irisplex, combining them with predictive markers for hair.

BBC: Forensic test can predict hair and eye colour from DNA

Scientists have developed a forensic test that can predict both the hair and eye colour of a possible suspect using DNA left at a crime scene.

BBC: Forensic test can predict hair and eye colour from DNA

He told BBC News that the journal article described everything needed to establish the test in a forensic lab, but that the team was also in touch with industry regarding their knowledge about hair and eye colour prediction.

BBC: Forensic test can predict hair and eye colour from DNA

These so-called quantitative traits are under the control of a number of different genes acting in concert as opposed to qualitative traits such as human eye colour, where a difference in a single gene produces a single, sharp distinction.

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