Editing Pollen (section)

==Forensic palynology==
{{Main article|Forensic palynology}}
[[File:RedbudPollen.TIF|right|thumb|An [[Scanning electron microscope|SEM micrograph]] of [[Cercis|redbud]] pollen. Scanning electron microscopes are major instruments in palynology.]]
In [[forensic biology]], pollen can tell a lot about where a person or object has been, because regions of the world, or even more particular locations such a certain set of bushes, will have a distinctive collection of pollen species.<ref name="bryant">{{cite web| title=Forensic Palynology: A New Way to Catch Crooks |author=Bryant, Vaughn M. |url=http://www.crimeandclues.com/pollen.htm |work=crimeandclues.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070203104441/http://www.crimeandclues.com/pollen.htm |archive-date=2007-02-03}}</ref> Pollen evidence can also reveal the season in which a particular object picked up the pollen.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Forensics studies look to pollen |author=Stackhouse, Robert |date=17 April 2003 |url=http://www.thebatt.com/2.8526/forensics-studies-look-to-pollen-1.1224833#.UXXYzlfHn-E |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423004144/http://www.thebatt.com/2.8526/forensics-studies-look-to-pollen-1.1224833 |archive-date=2013-04-23 |newspaper=The Battalion}}</ref> Pollen has been used to trace activity at mass graves from the [[Bosnian War]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3640788.stm |title=Pollen helps war crime forensics |author=Wood, Peter| date=9 September 2004 |work=BBC News}}</ref> catch a burglar who brushed against a ''[[Hypericum]]'' bush during a crime,<ref>{{Cite journal| doi=10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.028 |title=Hypericum pollen determines the presence of burglars at the scene of a crime: An example of forensic palynology |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=163 |issue=3 |pages=231–235 |author=D. Mildenhall |pmid=16406430 |year=2006}}</ref> and has even been proposed as an additive for bullets to enable tracking them.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Newscripts |journal= Chemical & Engineering News |volume=86 |issue=33 |date=18 August 2008 |page=88 |author=Wolf, Lauren K. |url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/86/i33/Newscripts.html |doi=10.1021/cen-v086n033.p088}}</ref>