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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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Case identifier

Legal services; DNA forensics

The alphabetic and/or numeric characters assigned to identify a particular case.

Deposition

Legal services; DNA forensics

The taking and recording of testimony of a witness under oath before a court reporter in a place away from the courtroom before trial. Includes: * A witness's out-of-court testimony that is reduced ...

Demonstrative evidence

Legal services; DNA forensics

Refers to an item that is not from the crime scene itself but that can illustrate (demonstrate) a concept. An example of demonstrative evidence is an anatomically correct model used to show where the ...

Depth of focus

Legal services; DNA forensics

The range of distances between a lens and image plane for which the image formed by the lens at a given setting is clearly focused. With a high numerical aperture microscope objective, the depth of ...

Demonstrative materials/aids

Legal services; DNA forensics

Charts, graphs, drawings, computer graphics, models, audio and video presentations, or any other device used to demonstrate, characterise or explain verbal testimony.

Dermal papilla

Legal services; DNA forensics

Connective living tissue from which hair is generated from the follicle in the thick layer of the skin below the epidermis

Degenerate primer

Legal services; DNA forensics

A PCR primer sequence is called degenerate if some of its positions have several possible bases.

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