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Forensic biology incorporates related areas
of - answer - Bodily fluid identification
(serology)
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis
Serology - answer -Techniques are used to
screen evidence items for the prescience and
type of body fluid disposition
- analyses and targets a the biochemicals and
cells that define distinctive functional
characteristics of different body fluids:
,hemoglobin in blood and spermatozoa in
semen
Deoxyribonucleic acid - answer genetic
information that dictates the firm and
development of an organism. A molecule
found in almost all human cells
DNA is the genetic blueprint of: - answer Life
Each strand of the helix is composed of: -
answer long chains of nucleotides,
composedof a phosphate group, a type of
sugar called deoyribose, and one of four
nitrogen-containing bases
4 bases of DNA - answer Adenine(A),
Thymine(T), Guanine(G), Cytosine(C)`
What 2 subunits form base pairs(BP) -
answer - Adenine(A) with Thymine(T)
- Guanine(G) with Cytosine(C)
,Strands of DNA form codes of: - answer
proteins (genes) that provide genetic
information in the organism, like hair color,
height, hair texture and skin
Human DNA contain approx.: - answer 3
billion total number of base pairs
Chromosomes - answer structures carrying
molecular strands of DNA
Genome - answer one cell collection of
chromosomes
Humans inherit: - answer a genome of 23
chromosomes from each parent for a total of
46.
Rosalind Franklin - answer - died at 36
- contributions to understanding DNA,
including RNA viruses coal and graphite
- found being female is significant as
oppurtunities were limited to women
, chemical structure of DNA similarly to all
cellular organisms.
First DNA case - answer - Narborough
England
- rape and murder of 2, 15yo girls
- in ealry 1980, Dr Jeffery's lab produced first
"restricition fragment Length polymorphism"
= RFLP
Dr Alec Jeffery - answer - Studied at
Leicester University - England
- studying DNA variations and the evolution
of gene families
- his interest and goal was to develop
markers (a type of identification tag) to track
the position of these genes
RFLP - answer Restriction Fragment Length
Polymorphism
- Created 1980 in Dr. Jeffery's lab
- a molecular method of genetic analysis that
allows individuals to be identified based on
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