Forensics Ch7 DNA Profiling Ms. Roystons Class FHS

A starting sequence added to trigger replication of a specific section of DNA (or RNA)

primer

the process of predicting the physical appearance and ancestry of an unknown person from their DNA

DNA Phenotyping

What happened in the Ignoto Uno case in Italy?

Italian police collected 15k voluntary DNA samples from mostly young men and then conducted forensic genealogy analysis

the portion of the gene that is not expressed

intron

what kind of DNA profile would be useful when you have unidentified remains that might lack nucleated cellular material because they are old or degraded?

mtDNA

region of repeating DNA within an intron that is highly variable from person to person

polymorphism

what is the innocence project?

program that DNA to exonerate innocent people

method of separating molecules, such as DNA, according to size

electrophoresis

all the DNA found in a cell

human genome

the portion of the gene that is expressed

exon

colin pitchfork asked a coworker to give a blood sample in his place during an investigation. what crime did pitchfork commit?

grape and murder of two schoolgirls

closely related individuals

kinship

in the us, hoe many core STR regions are analyzed for codis?

20

the technique of__ for amplifying DNA was developed by Dr. Kary Mullis

PCR

a type of genetic variation where one nucleotide is substituted for another

SNP

the base unit of a DNA consisting of a sugar, phosphate group, and base

nucleotide

the identity of the victim in the 1981 case when a young woman known as "Buckskin girl”was found murdered on the side of a road in Ohio was determined using what technology?

forensic genealogy

using codis and state databases to search for relatives of unknown persons or offenders

familial searching

the fbi's computerized DNA database; includes the NDIS

codis

how was the LA area serial killer known as the grim sleeper caught?

through familial searching of codis for partial matches

using both codis and public databases to identify a subject by comparing their DNA to one or more family members

forensic genealogy

sequence of repeating bases in noncoding regions of DNA that are used in DNA profiling

STR

what did alec jeffreys do?

developed DNA fingerprinting