CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Graphology, Nuclear Dna, Palmistry
10 Sep 2016
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1* the other dna mitochondrial dna (mtdna) 3* unique unless you have an identical twin. 4* many copies in each cell, in mitochondria. 2* equal amounts of dna from each parent. 3* but not equal amounts of everything else!! 4* egg is 195,000 x bigger than sperm! 6* egg brings dna and everything else needed for life! 5* have their own dna, unique from cell. 6* all mitochondria in a person come from first mitochondria in zygote from mother. 8* so all mtdna in a person are identical to their mother, brothers and sisters, grandmother, etc. 8* can identify to that family group whereas nuclear dna used to identify individual. Not performed forensically in canada, send to states/great britain. When they were murdered, they believed youngest two kids were not murdered. Phonies claiming to be one of the girls, anastasia. Used mtdna of prince phillip to come to the conclusion that the women who claimed to be.
