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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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Histone
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A type of basic protein that forms the unit around which DNA is coiled in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromosomes. Arginine- and lysine-rich basic proteins making up a substantial portion of ...
Heterozygosity
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The probability that a given loci will be heterozygous in a randomly selected individual; having two different alleles at one locus.
Heterozygous
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If two alleles are different at one locus, the person is heterozygous at that genetic location.
Homozygous
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If two alleles at a locus that are indistinguishable, the person is homozygous at that genetic location.
Hypervariable
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An area on the DNA which can have many different alleles in differing sequences.
Heredity
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The transmission of characteristics from one generation to the next.
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