[Experience in using hair as the object of study in forensic medical molecular genetic expertise]

It is possible to overcome the difficulties in expert evaluation of hairs by using molecular genetic methods of analysis at the level of DNA. We assessed the possibility of using hair for forensic genetic identification of relation and personality identification. The efficacy of using just individual hairs in analysis has been demonstrated. The stability of results was evaluated and the possible artefacts caused by low content of DNA and its possible degradation detected and corrected.