Forensics

Forensics scientists differ from other scientists in that:

The forensic DNA typing procedure that uses restriction endonucleases, electrophoresis, and Southern blotting to analyse DNA is known by the acronym:

Which of the following acronyms refers to an American computer database of DNA profiles?

In 1984, Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling ('genetic fingerprinting') test. Its first use to solve a crime occurred in England. It identified Colin Pitchfork as the murderer of two young girls in Narborough in the English Midlands. In which year did this occur?

Isoenzymes are one of the five categories of conventional genetic markers.

Mitochondrial DNA is found outside the nucleus of the cell is inherited solely from the mother.

Mitochondrial DNA is found in cellular material located inside of the nucleus.

The advent of DNA technology has dramatically altered the approach forensic scientists have taken toward the individualisation of bloodstains and other biological evidence.

The discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 was a great leap forward for forensic science. Who were awarded the Nobel Prize for this?

DNA is stored in the white blood cell component of blood.

As a fundamental unit of heredity, genes instruct the body cells to make proteins that determine everything from hair colour to susceptibility of disease.

DNA replication was first accomplished using a technique known as polymerase chain reaction.

In the double-stranded DNA molecule, Adenine always pairs with Cytosine and Thymine with Guanine.

Facts or opinions generated or supported by the use of one or more of the forensic sciences in called:

Forensic Science is the Science pertaining to what?

Forensic analysis which supports a statement or testimony made by an individual as known as:

Criminalistics is a forensic science discipline that involves the recognition, identification, individualisation, and then evaluation of physical evidence using methods of science.

Forensics is used in many fields other than crime. Which of these is NOT one of them?

The ratio of alcohol in the blood to alcohol in alveoli air is approximately:

What enzyme is involved in the breakdown of alcohol?

Which genetic material, whose structure was determined by Watson and Crick in 1953, has become an important component in forensic identification?

DNA is the genetic material in our cells which controls heredity and plays a large role in determining our physical characteristics. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Current forensic DNA typing procedures analyse STR loci that are found in non-coding regions of the human genome that are known as:

If one strand of the DNA molecule has the base sequence 5'-AAGG-3', what would be the base sequence on the other strand?

Leucocytes are the principal source of nuclear DNA in liquid blood.