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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using DNA to solve a crime is not a new concept — but using tree DNA certainly is. The United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service just used tree DNA to solve a federal ...

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WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. (KY3) — Investigators turned to the DNA from a tree to solve a theft of black walnut trees in the Mark Twain National Forest. In October 2019, law enforcement began investigating the illegal harvest of the trees in the Mark Twain ...

ROLLA, Mo – Tree DNA has helped solve a 2019 cold case within Mark Twain National Forest, marking the first instance of tree DNA being used to resolve a case of illegal tree harvesting in MTNF. Timber theft remains a prevalent crime on public lands.