Published Online: Aug 23 2020
DOI: 10.1002/wfs2.1390
While the gold standard of polymerase chain reaction–capillary electrophoresis in forensic DNA typing is robust and reliable, the ability to determine the number and appropriation of component contributor alleles in DNA mixture profiles remains challenging. Therefore, we can either adapt to complex interpretation methods, or pursue new bench science approaches to DNA mixture deconvolution. The incorporation of new forensic markers coupled with the integration of new technologies and chemistries that allow the forensic analyst to quantify component contributor alleles in DNA mixture samples has the potential to revolutionize our approach to DNA mixture interpretation and resolve more crimes.