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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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Uninterpretable
Legal services; DNA forensics
Results which might be reported by the laboratory when alleles can not be interpreted.
The American Society of Crime Lab Directors – Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD-LAB)
Legal services; DNA forensics
ASCLD-LAB is a crime lab accreditation programme organised to review and inspect the quality assurance of forensic laboratories and insure that specified standards are followed. Accreditation is ...
Attorney-client privilege
Legal services; DNA forensics
The client's right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney.
Attorney work-product rule
Legal services; DNA forensics
The rule providing for qualified immunity of an attorney's work product from discovery or other compelled disclosure.
Annealing temperature ta
Legal services; DNA forensics
An annealing temperature is approximately 5°C below the lowest melting temperature Tm of the pair of primers used.
Base pairing
Legal services; DNA forensics
A,T,C and G are molecular building blocks of DNA that only continue in specific "base" pairs, e.g.,A only pairs with T, and C only pairs with G
Artefact
Legal services; DNA forensics
Any non-allelic product of the amplification process (Stutter or Minus A) or anomaly of the detection process (Pull-up or Spike).
