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DNA forensics
The application of the science of DNA to analyze evidence involved in criminal and civil litigation.
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polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Legal services; DNA forensics
A process used in DNA identification testing in which one or more specific small regions of the DNA are copied using a DNA polymerase enzyme so that a sufficient amount of DNA is generated for ...
polymorphism
Legal services; DNA forensics
Variations in DNA sequences in a population that are detected in human DNA identification testing.
popstats
Legal services; DNA forensics
FBI CODIS software program used to perform statistical DNA match estimates.
population genetics
Legal services; DNA forensics
The study of the distribution of genes in populations and of how the frequencies of genes and genotypes are maintained or changed.
