False
DNA samples should be stored in airtight containers to prevent contamination.
False
DNA testing was commonly used in forensic science beginning in the 1920s.
True
mtDNA is transferred along maternal lineage.
True
DNA may be found on the handle or tip of a baseball bat if it is used in a crime.
False
DNA analysis has little to offer forensic science.
False
DNA evidence is typically easy to find at a crime scene.
True
Genes are the basic and fundamental part of heredity.
False
Siblings will have the same nuclear DNA, but different mtDNA.
Double helix
DNA takes on what shape?
4
How many different types of bases are there in nuclear DNA?
Contamination from other sources
What is a major potential problem with DNA evidence?
CODIS
What is a software program that contains DNA profiles of convicted offenders, missing persons, crime scene evidence, and other sources?
Inside the nucleus of the cell
Chromosomes are located where in relation to a cell?
60 trillion
About how many cells are present in our bodies?
Inside the cell, but outside the nucleus
Mitochondrial DNA is found where in relation to the cell?
They bind together.
What happens to DNA strands during hybridization?
Alec Jeffreys
Who discovered DNA typing?
On the teeth and bones of skeletalized human remains
A situation where mtDNA might be used is what?
a car trunk
DNA samples should not be stored where
True
RFLP was on the first tests used for dna analysis
On the licked area
Where might DNA be found on an envelope?
True
The repeated segments on the DNA strand are called VNTRs
