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Review on the Individual Identification of Human Hair Morphology for Retrospect and Prospect

Yunxing Cao, Huanjiu Xi, Jing Zhang

Forensic Science Seminar · 2012 · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · pp. 31–35

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In 1837, Brewster optical microscope for the first time the specificity of the surface structure of hair was found. With several new technologies in practice the application of the morphological structure of the hair, the gradual deepening, hair morphology of research results are widely used in the field of individual identification of forensic science, in some developed countries for individual identification of hair has become a fixed the guiding principles and application guidelines. In recent years, with the high-tech developments, such as atomic force microscope and other applications, morphological structure of hair into the micro-, ultra-micro-level, and conducted quantitative research, which makes the hair on the validity of the identification of individual identification was confirmed. In this paper, the individual identification of hair morphology of research progress at home and abroad are reviewed.

Keywords: Forensic science; Individual identification; Human hair; Morphology; Review

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