Concept explainers
a.
To determine: Whether, any of the suspects can be excluded as the one who committed the crime based on the results of the testing, or not.
Introduction: The genetic material of an individual is packed in the form of DNA. The evidence collected by the police is a small bloodstain from which the DNA is extracted and the fragments are separated with the help of electrophoresis. The separated fragments are transferred to a membrane where they are probed with radioactive DNA.
b.
To determine: The suspect which can be excluded as the one who committed the crime with a plausible reason.
Introduction: The genetic material of an individual is packed in the form of DNA. The evidence collected by the police is a small bloodstain from which the DNA is extracted and the fragments are separated with the help of electrophoresis. The separated fragments are transferred to a membrane where they are probed with radioactive DNA.
c.
To determine: Whether the pattern from the evidence is consistent with the band pattern of one of the suspects, or not and also determine the suspect with which it is consistent.
Introduction: The genetic material of an individual is packed in the form of DNA. The evidence collected by the police is a small bloodstain from which the DNA is extracted and the fragments are separated with the help of electrophoresis. The separated fragments are transferred to a membrane where they are probed with radioactive DNA.
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