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Forensics DNA
DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DNA stands for | Deoxyribonnucleic Acid |
| RNA stands for | Ribonucleic Acid |
| Chromosomes arranged in... | Double Helix |
| A basic unit of heredity | Gene |
| Number of Human Chromosomes | 46 |
| Nucleotides are made of... | sugars, phosphate and base |
| A - Base | Adenine |
| G - Base | Guanine |
| C - Base | Cytocine |
| T - Base | Thymine |
| Purines | Adenine and Guanine |
| Pyrimidines | Cytocine and Thymine |
| Sources of DNA (5) | Hair, Semen, Blood, Skin, Saliva |
| % of DNA non-encoded | 95% |
| % of Genome like everyone else | 99% |
| RFLP - Test | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| PCR - Test | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| STR - Test | Short Tandem Repeaters |
| mtDNA - Test | Mitochondrial DNA |
| RFLP - Method | Separates DNA fragments, fragments then x-rayed. Requires a lot of DNA. |
| PCR - Method | replicates DNA developed in the 1980's fast, inexpensive, requires little DNA |
| STR - Method | Most commonly used, examines repeated sequence pairs, fast, inexpensive and can use little or damaged DNA |
| CODIS - Acronym | Combined DNA Information System |
| CODIS - Organization | Started in 1990, all states are required to submit DNA to federal database. any lab in any town can access the system. |
| How DNA profiling is used? | prove guilt, exonerate, paternity |
| MO - Acronym | modus operandi |