BIO374H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism, Hybrid Grape, American Ginseng
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Important use is to refute other erroneous evidence that has sometimes led to false convictions. We can use dna fingerprinting to provide proof that precious cases are false convictions. Forest hills rapist: victor lopez tried for the sexual assault of three women, reported assailant was a black man; lopes was not a black man. Lopez dna was still match to crime scene: eye witness testimony is not reliable. Terrorism and natural disasters force development of new technologies. Within 24 hours, collection points had been established around the city: cheek cells are collected from family to obtain dna (dna here is the same as white blood cell) Why do we use mtdna sometimes it is impossible to obtain nucleus dna, so we get the mitochondrial dna this is only from mother, not the father so it is useful to solve for familial cases.
