Grab Bag
If there is the correct level of moisture during stages of advanced decay, a layer of wax may form known as
What is adipocere
The Rh factor was discovered when studying which organism’s blood?
What are monkeys?
(Rhesus monkeys)
DNA evidence is considered what type of evidence?
What is Individual evidence?
Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?
What is 12 hours?
The first insect to usually arrive to a corpse is:
What is a blow fly?
The average adult body has how much blood?
What is 10 pints?
A method of separating DNA fragments according to their size and charge using an electric current passed through a gel containing the samples
What is electrophoresis?
What is Tennessee?
Proteins secreted by white blood cells that attach to RBCs as an immune response
What are antibodies?
Encoded DNA, with directions to build molecules
What are exons?
A collection of symptoms that a person experiences when, after a period of regular use, the quantity of available substance in the brain is reduced is called:
What is withdrawal(s)?
A special protein that targets a specific base sequence and cuts DNA into smaller fragments
What is a restriction enzyme
Ricin is a bioterrorism agent derived from what plant?
What is the castor bean?
Blood spatter larger than 4mm is common with what injury?
What is blunt force injury?
Where in the body is blood produced?
What is the bone marrow?
The Greek Philosopher Socrates was victim to what poison?
What is hemlock?
This chemical test is used to detect arsenic and was the first use of toxicology in a jury trial:
What is the Marsh test
The non-coded segments of DNA that contain unique patterns of repeated base sequences that that are unique to individuals are called:
What are polymorphisms?
The human genome consists of approximately how many base pairs?
What is 3 billion?
This toxin, often found in honey and canned vegetables, can be fatal if consumed by an infant:
botulism
What ethnicity is characterized by rounded eye orbits, a prominent nasal spine, and an oval nasal opening?
What is Asian?
Which test reacts with blood stains and turns pink if blood is present?
What is the Kastle-Meyer test?
The total amount of DNA in a cell
What is a genome?
If a person has type A blood, who can they donate blood to? Who can they get a blood transfusion from?
DONATE TO A AND AB
GET BLOOD FROM A AND O
When there are two or more blood spatters, technique can a forensic scientist use to determine the point of origin of blood source?
What are lines of convergence?