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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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inclusion (failure to exclude)
Legal services; DNA forensics
The inability to exclude an individual as a possible source of a biological sample. This occurs when all types from a specific location in the DNA of a known individual are also present in the types ...
inconclusive
Legal services; DNA forensics
A situation in which no conclusion can be reached regarding testing done due to one of many possible reasons (e.g., no results obtained, uninterpretable results obtained, no exemplar/standard ...
indigo dye
Legal services; DNA forensics
A blue-colored dye that is derived from several plant species and commonly used to dye denim for blue jeans. A known PCR inhibitor.
individualization
Legal services; DNA forensics
In forensic science, the process of attempting to associate an item of evidence with one and only one source.
inhibitors
Legal services; DNA forensics
A substance that interferes with or prevents the polymerase chain reaction.
