Forensic DNA Analyses Made Simple: A Guide for the Curious [Paperback]

1. Forward
2. Introduction
3. CHAPTER 1: The Cell
4. CHAPTER 2: How do cells divide and why is it important to know the process?
5. CHAPTER 3: Structure of DNA and why we use DNA in Forensic Science.
6. CHAPTER 4: Capillary Gel Electrophoresis for analysis of DNA in Crime Labs
7. CHAPTER 5: Sex Determination by STR
8. CHAPTER 6: The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)
9. CHAPTER 7: How STRs are analyzed in a Forensic Laboratory
10. CHAPTER 8: Complexities of Sex Determination
11. CHAPTER 9: Y-STR and Paternal Ancestry
12. CHAPTER 10: Mitochondrial STRs
13. CHAPTER 11: Forensic Serology
14. CHAPTER 12: How to extract DNA from a biological sample
15. CHAPTER 13: A guide to understanding the value of DNA results: A short discussion on Probability and Statistical Calculations.
16. CHAPTER 14: What are autosomal dominant, recessive, and X-linked dominant and recessive traits?

This book provides the background necessary to understand, interpret, and apply sequencing information to real world problems. Replication of genetic material, the structure of DNA, typing methods and forensic applications are all discussed in this useful primer.

 

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