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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

Electrophoresis

Legal services; DNA forensics

A method of separating large molecules (such as DNA fragments) from a mixture of similar molecules. An electric current is passed through a medium at a different rate, depending on its electrical ...

Evidentiary samples

Legal services; DNA forensics

A generic term used to describe physical material/evidence discovered at crime scenes that may be compared with samples from persons, tools, and physical locations.

Exculpatory evidence

Legal services; DNA forensics

Any evidence that supports the defendant's claim of innocence or may show he is guilty of a lesser crime than that with which he is charged.

Evidence

Legal services; DNA forensics

Something that can help identify the responsible persons, establish an element of crime, reconstruct crime events or link crimes.

Electropherogram

Legal services; DNA forensics

The graphic representation of the separation of molecules by electrophoresis or other means of separation.

Double helix

Legal services; DNA forensics

The shape the DNA assumes after it replicates during cell life.

Excluded

Legal services; DNA forensics

Two samples cannot have come from the same source.

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