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What year was the earliest record of studying for fingerprints?
1684
How many distinct fingerprint patterns were described in 1823 by Jan Evangelist Purkyn?
9
Who noted that the arrangement of skin ridges is never duplicated in two persons?
Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer
How long has DNA evidence been used to investigate crimes, establish paternity, and identify victims of war crimes?
Since the 1980s
Who created the ten card and in what year?
Sir Edmund Richard Henry in 1896
What is another term for fingerprints?
ridge patterns
What do secretions consist of in fingerprints?
sweat glands; mainly water, oils, and salts
What layer of the epidermis are fingerprints created?
Basal layer
What type of structure does DNA form?
Double helix
What is different about mitochondria?
Has it’s own DNA inherited only from the mother
What are the four types of nitrogenous bases?
Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine
Alleles
One of two or more alternative forms of a gene
What are unique ridge patterns called?
Minutiae
What are patent fingerprints?
visible prints left on a smooth surface when liquid comes in contact with the hands and is transferred onto that surface
What is a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?
Method used to rapidly make multiple copies of a specific segment of DNA
What is DNA fingerprinting (profiling)?
used to determine identity or parentage
What does the Integrated Automated Fingerprint System do?
digitally analyzes fingerprints and find matches in a short amount of time
What is tissue matching and when is it used?
When two samples have the same band pattern and are from the same person; It’s used when the DNA fingerprint from crime-scene evidence matches the DNA fingerprint from a suspect
Why are STR’s becoming the preferred method of analysis?
It has better accuracy and its small and partially degraded DNA samples may be analyzed to identify individuals
What is the complimentary strand? CGTCTAGCACT
GCAGATCGTGA
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