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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

Ohm's law

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The amount of current flowing in a circuit made up of pure resistances is directly proportional to the electromotive forces impressed on the circuit and inversely proportional to the total resistance ...

Optical density (OD)

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Synonymous with absorbance. Absorbance is the logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a sample.

Partially degraded DNA

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Forensic DNA evidence exposed to environmental conditions that may prevent it from yielding a usable profile.

Paternal inheritance

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Genetic material which is inherited from one's father; for example, the possibility that mtDNA can be inherited from one's father.

Partial profile

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DNA evidence that does not yield identifiable results in all 13 core loci.

Ovoid bodies

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Oval-shaped heavily pigmented bodies that may occur in the hair cortex.

Outer cuticle margin

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The border of the outermost edge of the cuticle.

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