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Forensic

(Science: law) Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes. Forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence; medicine in its relations to law.

Origin: L. Forensis, fr. Forum a public place, market place.


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Bird-Dinosaur News

... belief when he saw evidence to the contrary. This is how science works: you form theories based on evidence, not on assumptions. Do you think a forensic investigator assumes who is the murderer before he ever even looks at the crime scene, and then simply looks for evidence to back up what he ...

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by alextemplet
Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bird-Dinosaur News
Replies: 44
Views: 1044

Re: DNA Extraction

DNA is extracted from human cells for a variety of reasons. With a pure sample of DNA you can test a newborn for a genetic disease, analyze forensic evidence, or study a gene involved in cancer. Try this virtual laboratory to perform a cheek swab and extract DNA from human cells.

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by lipoflorida
Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:56 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: DNA Extraction
Replies: 2
Views: 235

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... * Dr. David Rosevear, Chemist * Dr. Ariel A. Roth, Biology * Dr. Joachim Scheven Palaeontologist: * Dr. Ian Scott, Educator * Dr. Saami Shaibani, Forensic physicist * Dr. Young-Gi Shim, Chemistry * Prof. Hyun-Kil Shin, Food Science * Dr. Mikhail Shulgin, Physics * Dr. Roger Simpson, Engineer * ...

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by AFJ
Sat May 09, 2009 1:45 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16277

Uses for the PCR technique?

Your first answer is slightly inaccurate, but the basic idea is correct. I suggest you read a little bit more about the use of DNA in forensic. Here for example: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml Second answer: Malignant diseases? But infectious diseases. ...

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by canalon
Mon May 04, 2009 5:35 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Uses for the PCR technique?
Replies: 4
Views: 1343

Re: Uses for the PCR technique?

... as a big book... PCR is a Photocopier that lets you make scientific notations amounts of copys of a few pages... based on how you described the Forensic use you made it seem like your making multiple copies of the piece of skin….plus they don’t do forensic testing like that anymore due to the ...

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by Swordy
Mon May 04, 2009 5:33 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Uses for the PCR technique?
Replies: 4
Views: 1343
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