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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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Medulla
Legal services; DNA forensics
A series of air- or fluid-filled cells along the central axis of the hair.
Medullary continuity
Legal services; DNA forensics
The continuous or discontinuous nature of the medulla.
Population genetics
Legal services; DNA forensics
The study of the distribution of genes in populations and of how the frequencies of genes and genotypes are maintained or changed.
Preliminary report
Legal services; DNA forensics
An initial opinion or conclusion, preferably in verbal, unwritten form (for discovery and attorney work-product privilege purposes), reflecting still-open areas of inquiry and the unfinished nature ...
Preliminary opinion
Legal services; DNA forensics
The first stage of an expert witness's opinion-forming process. Early judgments are made about a case on the basis of preliminary testing and/or evaluation of evidence, subject to later verification ...
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Legal services; DNA forensics
A process used in DNA identification testing in which one or more specific small regions of the DNA are copied using a DNA polymerase enzyme so that a sufficient amount of DNA is generated for ...
Postmortem root banding
Legal services; DNA forensics
An opaque ellipsoidal band, composed of parallel elongated air spaces, which appear on the proximal portion of hair shafts from postmortem hairs, likely to be in the anagen growth phase.