Editing DNA profiling (section)

===Partial matches===
Partial DNA matches are the result of moderate stringency CODIS searches that produce a potential match that shares at least one [[allele]] at every [[locus (genetics)|locus]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090718171602/http://www.chromosomal-labs.com/files/FindingCriminals.pdf "Finding Criminals Through DNA Testing of Their Relatives"] Technical Bulletin, Chromosomal Laboratories, Inc. accessed 22 April 2011.</ref> Partial matching does not involve the use of familial search software, such as those used in the United Kingdom and the United States, or additional [[Y-STR]] analysis and therefore often misses sibling relationships. Partial matching has been used to identify suspects in several cases in both countries<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.denverda.org/DNA/Familial_DNA_Database_Searches.htm | title = Denver District Attorney DNA Resources | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110324020014/http://www.denverda.org/dna/Familial_DNA_Database_Searches.htm | archive-date=24 March 2011 | access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref> and has also been used as a tool to exonerate the falsely accused. [[Darryl Hunt]] was wrongly convicted in connection with the rape and the murder of a young woman in 1984 in [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog-Search.php?check=true&tag=134 |title = Darryl Hunt |work = The Innocence Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828152727/http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/Blog-Search.php?check=true&tag=134 |archive-date=28 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>