TECHNIQUE USED TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS BY THEIR BLOOD TYPE Blood-Typing
The Importance of Blood-Typing Crime Scene Investigation & Forensics Medical Tests
Learning Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to… (1) Describe blood antigens and their inheritance (2) Perform a blood-typing experiment (3) Solve a problem by analyzing results of the blood- typing experiment (4) Determine the answer to a case study problem by analyzing gel electrophoresis results
What are… Genes Allele Heredity Diploid
Multiple Alleles Some genes have multiple alleles (more than 2) Alleles can be Dominant ; represented by capitalized letter (A) Recessive (a)
ABO Blood Groups
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Blood-Typing Experiment
Case Study: Food Forensics Mary and Jake are suffering from Salmonella food poisoning. To determine which food poisoned them, they have performed gel electrophoresis and obtained: (1) DNA fingerprints of Salmonella strains isolated from Mary and Jake (2) DNA fingerprints of all food products containing Salmonella from their refrigerators (3) DNA fingerprints from the Salmonella strain database
Summary Crime Scene Investigation & Forensics Medical Tests
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