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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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heteroplasmy
Legal services; DNA forensics
The presence of more than one mtDNA type within a single individual.
heterozygosity
Legal services; DNA forensics
The probability that a given loci will be heterozygous in a randomly selected individual; having two different alleles at one locus.
heterozygous
Legal services; DNA forensics
If two alleles are different at one locus, the person is heterozygous at that genetic location.
histone
Legal services; DNA forensics
A type of basic protein that forms the unit around which DNA is coiled in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromosomes. Arginine- and lysine-rich basic proteins making up a substantial portion of ...
HLA DQ-alpha
Legal services; DNA forensics
A polymorphic gene in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) region of chromosome 6 that has been well studied and analyzed for many purposes including paternity testing, transplantation biology, and ...
homozygous
Legal services; DNA forensics
If two alleles at a locus that are indistinguishable, the person is homozygous at that genetic location.
