DNA forensics

DNA forensics

The application of the science of DNA to analyze evidence involved in criminal and civil litigation.

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Working distance

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Distance between the front vertex of a lens and the object.

A commonly used genetic typing test that uses antibodies to detect variations on the surface of human red blood cells. Individuals are typed as having A, B, O, or AB type blood by testing liquid or ...

Actual innocence claim

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Is equivalent to an assertion of at least a 51-percent chance that the defendant would not have been convicted if exculpatory test results had been obtained at the time of trial. In a case involving ...

Absorption

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If prior adverse expert testimony has established certain facts or conclusions, the more of those facts and conclusions that the expert can use to bolster his opinions, the stronger those opinions ...

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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Main source of energy for biochemical reactions within the cell.

Hypervariable control region

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The D-loop of mitochondrial DNA in which base pairs of nucleotides repeat.

Immunoglobulin

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A general term for the kind of globular blood proteins that constitute antibodies. A tetrameric protein composed of two identical light chains and two identical heavy chains. Specific proteins ...