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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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Material
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Relevant and significant in a lawsuit (i.e., material evidence), as distinguished from evidence that is totally irrelevant or of such minor importance that the court will ignore it, rule it ...
Microbial epidemiology
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Microbial: relating to a microbe or microbes; epidemiology: the study or the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this ...
Melanin
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The pigment occurring in plants, animals, and protista. It is responsible for skin and hair pigmentation. Two forms of melanin, eumelanin and phaeomelanin, determine the colour of human hair.
Melting temperature tm
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The temperature at which one-half of a particular DNA duplex will dissociate and become single strand DNA.
Measurement scale
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An object showing standard units of length (e.g., ruler) used in photographic documentation of an item of evidence.
Match
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Genetic profiles are said to "match" when they have the same allele designations at every loci.
Mean
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The mean of sample is calculated by taking the sum of all data values and dividing by the total number of data values.