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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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DNA forensics

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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