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DNA Characteristics
PCR/Gel Electrophoresis
CODIS
DNA Markers
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
RFLPs stand for this.
What are Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms?
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
The number of STR loci utilized by CODIS.
What is 13?
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
The year that CODIS established the core 13 STR loci.
What is 1997?
300
This is what STRs stands for.
What is Short Tandem Repeats?
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
Forensic markers must have a ____ mutation rate.
What is low?
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
The amount of DNA needed for kits to genotype all 13 CODIS markers.
What is 1 nanogram?
500
Forensic markers must have ____ amount of variation.
What is high?
500

What is the difference between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA?

nuclear can lead to a specific DNA match