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

The ratio of two probabilities of the same event under different hypotheses. In DNA testing often expressed as the ratio between the likelihood that a given profile came from a particular individual ...

linkage equilibrium

Legal services; DNA forensics

When two or more genetic loci appear to segregate randomly in a given population. The genotypes appear randomly with respect to each other.

lipopolysaccharides

Legal services; DNA forensics

A large molecule containing a lipid and a carbohydrate.

Locard's exchange principal

Legal services; DNA forensics

States that every time someone enters an environment, something is added to and removed from it. The principle is sometimes stated as "every contact leaves a trace," and applies to contact between ...