Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?

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Identical twins on trial: can DNA testing tell them apart?

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Nature, Published online: 05 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00521-z

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

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