Cat-ching criminals with DNA from pet hairs

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Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers.

Cat hair could be the purr-fect way to catch criminals, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.

While a human perpetrator may take pains not to leave their own DNA behind, transferred cat hair contains its own DNA that could provide a link between a suspect and a crime-scene, or a victim.earlier this month, researchers at the University of Leicester describe a sensitive method that can extract maximum DNA information from just one cat hair.

The team tested the method in a lost cat case, where DNA from skeletal remains of a missing female cat could be matched with DNA from hair from her surviving male offspring.

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