biological evidence and serology

1.) Using any resources available to you, research and summarize (each summary should be about 300 words or more): [9 points]
· One case that was solved using CODIS

· One case that was solved using mDNA

· One case that was solved using Y-STR testing

2.) Thinking back to scenario 2, consider the DNA analysis results from the following pieces of evidence. Give a scenario that could explain each result [3 points]
a. Bloody handprint from the victim’s home – victim’s blood

b. Blood from trunk of victim’s car – mixture of victim’s blood and unknown female’s blood

c. Blood on coffee table glass – unknown male’s blood

3.) Look at the following list of sample types. Which extraction method would you use? Which type of DNA analysis would you use? [8 points]
a. A hair with no root

b. Vaginal swab which is positive for sperm

c. Swabbing of blood from knife blade

d. Semen stain from fitted sheet

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