http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
Essay on this subfield of forensics. Any type of organism can be identified by examination of DNA sequences unique to that species. Identifying individuals within a species is less precise at this time, although when DNA sequencing technologies progress farther, direct comparison of very large DNA segments, and possibly even whole genomes, will become feasible and practical and will allow precise individual identification.
