Forensic Science Chap. 7 Test

DNA samples should be stored in airtight containers to prevent contamination.

DNA testing was commonly used in forensic science beginning in the 1920s.

mtDNA is transferred along maternal lineage.

DNA may be found on the handle or tip of a baseball bat if it is used in a crime.

DNA analysis has little to offer forensic science.

DNA evidence is typically easy to find at a crime scene.

Genes are the basic and fundamental part of heredity.

Siblings will have the same nuclear DNA, but different mtDNA.

DNA takes on what shape?

How many different types of bases are there in nuclear DNA?

What is a major potential problem with DNA evidence?

What is a software program that contains DNA profiles of convicted offenders, missing persons, crime scene evidence, and other sources?

Chromosomes are located where in relation to a cell?

About how many cells are present in our bodies?

Mitochondrial DNA is found where in relation to the cell?

What happens to DNA strands during hybridization?

Who discovered DNA typing?

A situation where mtDNA might be used is what?

DNA samples should not be stored where

RFLP was on the first tests used for dna analysis

Where might DNA be found on an envelope?

The repeated segments on the DNA strand are called VNTRs