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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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DNA forensics

forensic index

Legal services; DNA forensics

DNA profiles developed from crime scene evidence and uploaded into CODIS are maintained in the forensic index of the database.

forensic science

Legal services; DNA forensics

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

forensic unknowns

Legal services; DNA forensics

DNA profiles obtained from crime scene evidence samples that are unmatched to a known individual.

fractions

Legal services; DNA forensics

The result of the differential extraction; separating sperm cells from all other DNA material.

fragile evidence

Legal services; DNA forensics

Evidence that will lose its evidentiary value if not preserved and protected, either because of its nature or the conditions at the scene (e.g., blood in the rain).

fusiform

Legal services; DNA forensics

Spindle-shaped; tapering from the middle towards each end. This shape is commonly seen in cortical cells and cortical fusi.

gene

Legal services; DNA forensics

The basic unit of heredity; a functional sequence of DNA in a chromosome.

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