DNA forensics

DNA forensics

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

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mutation

Legal services; DNA forensics

Damaged or changed DNA anywhere along the DNA strand.

National DNA Index System (NDIS)

Legal services; DNA forensics

Authorized by the DNA Identification Act of 1994, the FBI administers this national index. NDIS compares DNA profiles associated with a crime scene to DNA profiles collected from known convicted ...

National Research Council (NRC)

The National Research Council was convened in 1989. In 1996 the NRC filed the report The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence (referred to as NRC II). This document revised and expanded the initial ...

negroid

Legal services; DNA forensics

An archaic anthropological term designating most of the peoples originating from Africa.

no results

Legal services; DNA forensics

A situation in which no interpretable results are obtained from testing a DNA sample. A finding of no results can be due to the absence of DNA, insufficient DNA, or substances that inhibit the PCR ...

non-conformances

Legal services; DNA forensics

Inconsistencies in laboratory practices that do not meet accreditation standards.

nonmatch

Legal services; DNA forensics

An individual is eliminated as the source of a biological sample. This occurs when one or more types from a specific location in the DNA of a known individual are not present in the type(s) for that ...