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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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Keratin
Legal services; DNA forensics
Any of the various sulphur-containing fibrous proteins that form chemical basis for keratinized epidermal tissues such as hair, nails, feathers, and horns of animals.
Isoamyl alcohol
Legal services; DNA forensics
A chemical used in organic extractions to reduce the foaming of reagents, making it easier to detect the interface between the organic and aqueous phases.
Juror nondisclosure
Legal services; DNA forensics
A prospective juror's failure or refusal to reveal something that either might be or is required to be revealed.
Junk DNA
Legal services; DNA forensics
Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA."
Personal service
Legal services; DNA forensics
Delivering a summons, complaint, notice to quit tenancy or other legal document which must be served by handing it directly to the person named in the document. The delivery of legal notice to a ...
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Legal services; DNA forensics
Articles such as disposable (latex) gloves, masks, shoe covers, and eye protection that are utilised to provide a barrier to keep biological or chemical hazards from contacting the skin, eyes, and ...
Paternity or system index (PI or SI)
Legal services; DNA forensics
A statistic that compares the likelihood that a genetic marker (allele) that the alleged father passed to the child to the probability that a randomly selected unrelated man of similar ethnic ...
