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DNA profiling

Go to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences DNA profiling page What is DNA? 1. What do the initials D.N.A. stand for? 2. Where is DNA found? Structure of DNA 3 a). Describe the shape of a DNA molecule. b) What name is given to this particular shape? c) Draw a diagram to show what the DNA molecule looks like:

Extraction of DNA 4. Explain how DNA is extracted from crime scene samples.

DNA Profiling Techniques 5 a) What does RFLP mean?

b) Describe the process of RFLP in your own words

6 a) What does PCR mean?

b) How does PCR differ from RFLP?

Detecting the variation 7. Explain how the DNA fragments are separated out and revealed as bands.

How are results interpreted? 8. Explain how the results of a DNA profile are interpreted.

9. Can DNA profiling narrow down the results so that they can only have come from one person? What do the DNA profiling results mean for a case? 10. Is DNA evidence useful if it is the only evidence available?

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