1 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Legal services > DNA forensics
DNA forensics
The application of the science of DNA to analyze evidence involved in criminal and civil litigation.
Industry: Legal services
Add a new termContributors in DNA forensics
DNA forensics
likelihood ratio
Legal services; 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 ...
looped cuticle
Legal services; DNA forensics
A looped cuticle is a condition in which the distal edges of the cuticle scales are curved from or cup toward the hair shaft.
low copy number
Legal services; DNA forensics
Refers to examination of less than 100pg (picograms) of input DNA.
