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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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Hearing
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Any proceeding before a judge or other magistrate (such as a hearing officer or court commissioner) without a jury in which evidence and/or argument is presented to determine some issue of fact or ...
Hearsay
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(1) Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally but, rather, what others have said; this testimony is therefore dependent on the credibility of ...
Hair
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One of the numerous fine and generally cylindrical filaments that grow from the skin or integument of animals, esp. of most mammals, of which they form the characteristic coat; applied also to ...
Hair cuticular cast
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A freely movable, firm yellowish-white material ensheathing scalp hairs resulting from scalp disorders such as psoriasis or seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Genotype
Legal services; DNA forensics
The genetic constitution of an organism, as distinguished from its physical appearance (its phenotype). The designation of two alleles at a particular locus is a genotype.
Haptoglobin
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A protein present in blood serum that combines with haemoglobin to form a complex that is rapidly removed from the circulation by the liver.
