Along with writing “cat-chy” headlines, the University of Leicester (U.K.) has developed a new technique to extract DNA from pet hair. In a 2023 study published in Forensic Science International: Genetics, researchers concluded: “Through these means it is now possible to discriminate between individual cats to a much greater degree when considering cat hairs or other degraded DNA sources as evidential material.”
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