DNA forensics

DNA forensics

The application of the science of DNA to analyze evidence involved in criminal and civil litigation.

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DNA forensics

postmortem root banding

Legal services; DNA forensics

An opaque ellipsoidal band, composed of parallel elongated air spaces, which appear on the proximal portion of hair shafts from postmortem hairs, likely to be in the anagen growth phase.

The first stage of an expert witness's opinion-forming process. Early judgments are made about a case on the basis of preliminary testing and/or evaluation of evidence, subject to later verification ...

preliminary report

Legal services; DNA forensics

An initial opinion or conclusion, preferably in verbal, unwritten form (for discovery and attorney work-product privilege purposes), reflecting still-open areas of inquiry and the unfinished nature ...

preferential amplification

Legal services; DNA forensics

Imbalanced amplification or lack of amplification at a locus.

presumptive test

Legal services; DNA forensics

A screening test used to indicate the possible presence of the named body fluid.

pretrial conference

Legal services; DNA forensics

A meeting of the parties to a case conducted prior to trial. The conference is held before the trial judge or a magistrate, a judicial officer who possesses fewer judicial powers than a judge. A ...