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Forensic Genetics is an exciting scientific discipline in constant evolution. Traditionally it has been considered as a subspecialty of Genetics and Legal Medicine. However, in recent years it has acquired an entity of its own; Its evolution is linked to the technological revolution of the last decades.
Nowadays, it has consolidated as a tool of undoubted usefulness in the daily work of the Courts of Justice, responding to the challenges that arise from the judicial scope. Since the introduction of the genetic fingerprint in 1985 by Alec Jeffreys, there has been a continuous evolution in the type of markers and in the technologies used. However, as Professor Ángel Carracedo already pointed out, "the priority challenges of forensic genetics are not essentially technological: the statistical evaluation of DNA testing in complex cases (particularly in mixtures or contact samples), communication the value of the test, quality control, the future of R & D, training, ethical standards, among others, are problems that we have to face urgently "[1].

REFERENCES

1. Carracedo A, Salas A, Lareau MV. Problemas y retos de futuro de la genética forense en el siglo XXI. Cuad Med Forense 2010; 16(1-2): 31-35.

2. Sense about Science, Euroforgen. Making sense of Forensic Genetics. 2017. [acceso en junio de 2018]. Disponible en: http://senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/making-sense-of-forensic-genetics.pdf.

3. John M. Butler: Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing (2010), Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology (2011), Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Interpretation (2014).