Dna samples should not be stored where?

False

DNA samples should be stored in airtight containers to prevent contamination.

False

DNA testing was commonly used in forensic science beginning in the 1920s.

True

mtDNA is transferred along maternal lineage.

True

DNA may be found on the handle or tip of a baseball bat if it is used in a crime.

False

DNA analysis has little to offer forensic science.

False

DNA evidence is typically easy to find at a crime scene.

True

Genes are the basic and fundamental part of heredity.

False

Siblings will have the same nuclear DNA, but different mtDNA.

Double helix

DNA takes on what shape?

4

How many different types of bases are there in nuclear DNA?

Contamination from other sources

What is a major potential problem with DNA evidence?

CODIS

What is a software program that contains DNA profiles of convicted offenders, missing persons, crime scene evidence, and other sources?

Inside the nucleus of the cell

Chromosomes are located where in relation to a cell?

60 trillion

About how many cells are present in our bodies?

Inside the cell, but outside the nucleus

Mitochondrial DNA is found where in relation to the cell?

They bind together.

What happens to DNA strands during hybridization?

Alec Jeffreys

Who discovered DNA typing?

On the teeth and bones of skeletalized human remains

A situation where mtDNA might be used is what?

a car trunk

DNA samples should not be stored where

True

RFLP was on the first tests used for dna analysis

On the licked area

Where might DNA be found on an envelope?

True

The repeated segments on the DNA strand are called VNTRs