DNA Characteristics
PCR/Gel Electrophoresis
CODIS
DNA Analysis
Case Studies
100
Adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine.
What are are the four nucleotides of DNA?
100

The major benefit to performing a PCR

What is amplify DNA?

100
This is what CODIS stands for.
What is Combined DNA Index System?
100

No two people on Earth have the same DNA profile except

What are twins?

100

This type of DNA is only passed down from mothers

What is mitochondrial DNA ?

200
This is where DNA is stored.
What is the nucleus?
200
This instrument is used for PCR.
What is a thermal cycler?
200

In order for CODIS to be useful you need

What is previous DNA to match with?

200
This what restriction enzymes do.
What is cut DNA at specific sites?
200

What evidence was crucial in prosecuting the criminal in the video.

What is hair evidence?

300
Only __-__% of DNA is in genes.
What is 2 - 3%?
300
PCR stands for this.
What is polymerase chain reaction?
300

CODIS has been linked with this other useful database

What is NDIS?

300

This is why DNA fragments do not all travel to the bottom of the gel

What is size, drag prevents larger fragments from traveling to the bottom

300

This criminal was found decades later after DNA technology linked him to the crime scene

Who is the Golden State Killer?

400
Long strands of DNA are wrapped into this structure.
What are chromosomes?
400
The is what PCR does.
What is amplification?
400
This is what CODIS keeps.
What is a national database of DNA profiles?
400

DNA can be analyzed decades after collection as long as 

What stored in a cool and dark environment?

400

This doctor from England was the pioneer in DNA forensics.

Who is Dr. Alec Jeffries?

500
Non-coding DNA makes up this % of the genome.
What is 30%?
500

This actually pushes DNA fragments down the gel

What is electricity?

500

This murderer was caught using another database which links family members

What is Golden State Killer?

500

This was the year the first case in the US was solved using DNA evidence

What is 1986?

500

What is the difference between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA?

nuclear can lead to a specific DNA match

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