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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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Inclusion (failure to exclude)
Legal services; DNA forensics
The inability to exclude an individual as a possible source of a biological sample. This occurs when all types from a specific location in the DNA of a known individual are also present in the types ...
Inconclusive
Legal services; DNA forensics
A situation in which no conclusion can be reached regarding testing done due to one of many possible reasons (e.g., no results obtained, uninterpretable results obtained, no exemplar/standard ...
Indictment
Legal services; DNA forensics
An accusatory document by which a grand jury brings criminal charges against an individual or entity, usually required for felonies and other crimes.
Impeachment
Legal services; DNA forensics
An attack on a witness which questions credibility, believability, or opportunity for testing or observation.
In limine
Legal services; DNA forensics
Preliminary rulings by the court concerning proposed testing, experiments, demonstrations or models.
Oligonucleotides
Legal services; DNA forensics
A molecule usually composed of 25 or fewer nucleotides; used as a DNA synthesis primer.
