Here are some interesting facts about forensics and DNA:
Television dramas like CSI Bones and Criminal Minds – can create false expectations and impressions of forensic science, especially in the courtroom. Listen to this radio...
Professor Greg Hampikian has developed a DNA barcode system that permanently marks DNA samples, preventing them from being muddled with others. Professor Hampikian, who is chair...
In an incident in 2008, a New South Wales pub was forced to apologise to an Australian family and reportedly paid a settlement of $50,000 after...
Forensic scientists collect or process trace evidence such as hair, skin, blood or semen samples that is found at crime scenes. Crime scene evidence can include...
In 1995, New Zealand became the second country in the world to collect and store DNA profiles in a databank. Since then, forensic scientists and Police...
DNA profiling is the process where a specific DNA pattern, called a profile, is obtained from a person or sample of bodily tissue Even though we...
Forensics is the application of science in a legal setting. An example of modern forensics evidence is the use of DNA profiling. Sources of DNA include...
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DNA is the most important component of chromosomes and is wound up very tightly within the nucleus of the cells of all living things. Every organism...
In this unit plan, students develop a mobile evidence collection system to collect forensic evidence from a crime scene in a reliable, repeatable way. They are...
Use this slideshow to solve a crime, and to learn how the collection and processing of DNA evidence and DNA profiling are used to solve a...
A broken window in a break in could yield possible forensic evidence to investigate the crime. null
Evidence being collected from a crime scene. null
Forensic scientists gather evidence to reconstruct a case to find the answers of where, what, when and who is involved null
Identical twins have the same DNA, but they always have some variation in the way they look and act. This uniqueness is a result of the...
Blood samples at the New Zealand DNA Profile Databank, for DNA profiling. null
A sausage containing a metal contaminant. null
A mouse tail hangs out of a loaf of fruit bread. You can see the neat mould where the tail was lying indicating the mouse (or...
A fly found cooked in a battered hot dog. null
A diagram showing the double helix structure of DNA. null
Crime scene evidence can include a wide variety of substances such as hair, bodily fluids and fibres. null
This DNA profile is based on 24 genetic markers (stretches of DNA found at specific locations in the genome). Each genetic marker contains a short tandem...
DNA profiling examines sites on several chromosomes. null
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