Biology Researchers at Allegheny Publish in Forensic Science International
Amanda Spadaro ’15, Kelsey Ream ’13, Caitlyn Braham ’13 and Assistant Professor of Biology Kristen Webb published a research article titled “Local mitochondrial DNA haplotype databases needed for domestic dog populations that have experienced founder effect” in the journal Forensic Science International. In this work, the students sequenced mitochondrial DNA from dogs residing in Alaska and Hawaii. The diversity in these populations was compared to that of dogs from the contiguous United States revealing significant differences and the need for local population databases in Alaska and Hawaii for forensic use.