STRs
This is what STR stands for
What are short tandem repeats?
This is the shape of a DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
This is the characteristic that electrophoresis sorts DNA strands by
What is length?
This type of evidence comes from a living organism
What is biological?
This is a triangular shape created by the ridges of a fingerprint
What is a delta?
The different versions of a gene you inherit from your parents are known as this
What are alleles?
This structure makes up the backbone of the DNA strands
What is a nucleotide?
This is what is created by the comb when gels are poured
What are wells?
This type of evidence results when one object leaves a mark on another
What is pattern?
These are small ridge patterns used by analysts to match prints
If you inherited the same gene from both parents you are known as this for that gene
What is homozygous?
This is the type of sugar found in a DNA molecule
What is deoxyribose?
Since DNA has a negative charge, it will moved the side of the electrophoresis chamber with this charge
What is negative?
This type of evidence consists of small items such as fibers and soil
What is trace?
This is the type of fingerprint with subcategories that depend on the hand it came from
What are loops? (Ulnar vs Radial)
If you inherited different versions of the same gene from your parents you are known as this for that gene
What is heterozygous?
This is the collective name of the four molecules that code for information in DNA
What are bases?
Bubbles are an indicator of this phenomenon in an electrophoresis chamber
What is electric current?
This type of evidence can change on its own over time
What is transient?
This is the outside layer of skin that has the ridges and furrows that create fingerprints
What is the epidermis?
The graph that shows how many STRs you have for a gene is known as this
What is an electropherogram?
This is what genes tell your cells how to create
What are proteins?
This is the tool used to deposit DNA samples in an electrophoresis gel
What is a micropipette?
This type of evidence can be changed by a person
What is conditional?
This is the method of fingerprint visualization that results in a permanent white impression
What is cyanoacrylate (superglue) fuming?