PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sophie Zaaijer
AU  - Assaf Gordon
AU  - Robert Piccone
AU  - Daniel Speyer
AU  - Yaniv Erlich
TI  - Democratizing DNA Fingerprinting
AID  - 10.1101/061556
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 061556
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/30/061556.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/30/061556.full
AB  - We report a rapid, inexpensive, and portable strategy to re-identify human DNA using the MinION, a miniature sequencing sensor by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Our strategy requires only 10-30 minutes of MinION sequencing, works with low input DNA, and enables familial searches. We also show that it can re-identify individuals from Direct-to-Consumer genomic datasets that are publicly available. We discuss potential forensic applications as well as the legal and ethical implications of a democratized DNA fingerprinting strategy available to the public.