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DNA forensics
The application of the science of DNA to analyze evidence involved in criminal and civil litigation.
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Comparison microscope
Legal services; DNA forensics
Two microscopes joined by an optical bridge to present a split-view, side-by-side comparison of two specimens; for example, two hairs on separate slides.
Contempt power
Legal services; DNA forensics
Every court has inherent power to punish a person for contempt of its judgments or decrees or for conduct within or near the court which is contemptuous.
Confidence interval
Legal services; DNA forensics
Estimated range of values (calculated from a given set of sample data) that is likely to include an unknown population parameter.
Confirmatory test
Legal services; DNA forensics
A simplistic method for estimating genotype frequency by direct counting of the number of times a genotype is observed in a database.
Contamination
Legal services; DNA forensics
The undesirable transfer of material to physical evidence (DNA) from another source.
Competency test
Legal services; DNA forensics
A test given during training to assess the ability of a trainee.
Concave
Legal services; DNA forensics
Lenses or mirrors which bow in or hollowed inward, as opposed to convex
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