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First google hit for "face generation from dna" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/science/building-face-and-a-case-on-dna.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/2
by colonelxc 11y ago
First google hit for "face generation from dna"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/science/building-face-and-a-case-on-dna.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/science/building-face-and-...
You're right of course, there is a lot more to appearance than genetics, but these approximations do exist now, and will get better. jakeogh's litter example is closer to reality than he probably intended, which just shows how fast this technology is coming along.
> Nonetheless, the police in Columbia, S.C., last month released a sketch of a possible suspect. Rather than an artist’s rendering based on witness descriptions, the face was generated by a computer relying solely on DNA found at the scene of the crime.
- jakeogh 11y agoIt's reality. I should have included the link. http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1804420/hong-kong-litterbugs-shamed-billboard-portraits-made-using-dna-trash http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1804420/hong-kong-litt... The point about genes vs environment/expression is right on, I assumed it was common knowledge and therefore implied.