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The application of science to the legal system/court of law
What is Forensic Science?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is DNA?
Four sources of DNA at a crime scene
What are bodily fluids/stains, solid tissues, skeletal remains, and touch evidence?
PCR
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?
Application of forensic biology that deals with insects.
What is forensic entomology?
What is 100
Location of DNA in blood
What are white blood cells?
Charge of the capillary walls in capillary electrophoresis
What is a negative charge?
The application of life science (biology) to the court of law.
What is forensic biology?
Type of DNA passed down through males only.
What is Y-chromosome DNA?
Approximate number of sperm cells needed for testing
What is around 100?
STR
What is short tandem repeat?
The application of forensic science that deals with drug chemistry and can cross-over into forensic biology.
What is toxicology?
Nitrogenous bases
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
Type of DNA found in a hair shaft
What is mitochondrial DNA?
Number of markers used in STR
What is 13?
Forensic botany
What is the application of forensic biology dealing with plants as they relate to a crime scene or legal investigation?
The direction of twist in a DNA double helix
What is Locard's Exchange Principle?
Used to amplify DNA and prepare it to be sequenced or analyzed
What is PCR?