Knowledge: dna
See Also:
- kids and teens → school time → science → living things → genetics
- science → biology → biochemistry and molecular biology → biomolecules → nucleic acids → dna
- science → biology → genetics → eukaryotic → animal → mammal → human
- society → issues → science and technology → biotechnology → genetics
Links
- DNA as a forensic instrument
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.3/dna-forensic.html - Article discussing the potential and limitations of DNA, published in 1996 by Columbia University, NY.
- How DNA Evidence Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm - Introduction to the steps in DNA fingerprinting evidence gathering for law enforcement, and its application from Howstuffworks Inc., Raleigh, NC.
- STRBase
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/ - Short Tandem Repeat database for genetic mapping and identity testing, comprehensively explained and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
- Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/interviews/ - Interviews in which DNA evidence was involved in court cases, with more examples since 1987, by searching PBS from Alexandria, VA.
- Population Distribution
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/interview_dr_bruce_weir.html - Interview in January 1995 discussing demographic frequency of alleles, and accuracy of PCR in law enforcement. Link to CNN report on OJ Simpson Trial, from expert witness Dr Bruce Weir, Professor of Statistics and Genetics, North Carolina State University, NC.
- DNA Forensics Problem Set
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/DNA_forensics_1/DNA_forensics.html - The Biology Project at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
- Forensic Mathematics
http://dna-view.com/ - Page of links on maths behind DNA identification and population genetics. Reports and biostatistics software from consultant in Oakland, CA.
- Hope Hall DNA Action Memorial
http://www.hope-dna.com/ - Describes killer's identification, four years after the violent rape and murder of Hope Denise Hall in 1994, during random DNA search, conducted by forensic scientists in Petersburg, VA.
- Investigation of Forensic Evidence
http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/kruglick/kruglick.html - Introductory tutorial on courtroom reporting of laboratory results, including checklists for forensic DNA-typing case-specific issues from law offices in Mill Valley, CA.
- Gene Almanac
http://vector.cshl.org/general/search.pl?terms=Forensic - Discussing the science behind DNA fingerprinting technology and its use inside the courtroom. Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
- Survey of DNA Crime Laboratories
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/sdnacl01.htm - Data obtained in 2001 from 110 of the 120 estimated known DNA crime labs as collated, and compared with 1998, by Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC.
- FBI's DNA Program
http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress01/dwight061201.htm - Congressional Statement 2001, with link to previous years, by Forensic Analysis Branch, before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC.
- National DNA Data Bank
http://www.nddb-bndg.org/main_e.htm - Explains history, privacy, security, statistics and case examples, with FAQ to justify the instigation of DNA fingerprinting upon conviction, for criminal records held in Ottawa, ON, Canada.
- Offender DNA Matches
http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/exp_dna/ - Article reviewing the forensic testing of DNA recovered from crime scenes, linking offenders to their crimes by referal to the State's DNA Data Bank by the Bureau of Research and Evaluation, NY.
- Forensic DNA Consulting
http://www.forensicdna.com/Consulting.htm - Resource aimed at attorneys, placing DNA testing in perspective. Search for expert witness, training, articles and bibliography from Richmond, CA.
- True Crimes - Investigations & DNA
http://www.karisable.com/crdna1.htm - Compilation of related links about crime and forensics
- The complexity of DNA testing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1994195.stm - News story explaining why identification may takes weeks, in the case of Daniel Pearl after exuming a body in Karachi, Pakistan. - BBC, UK.
- DNA Forensics
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml - Comprehensive resource covering forensic identification, arising from the human genome project, discussing accuracies, potential applications and databases such as the Combined DNA Index System. Maintained at Oak Ridge, TN.
- Genetics in the Courtroom
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/judges/judgetoc.html - Articles written in 1997, facing genetics issues, from The Judges' Journal of the American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.
- CODIS: Combined DNA Index System
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/index1.htm - Guidelines for collecting and submitting evidence in blood and saliva samples, quality assurance, statistics and links to participating states, from the Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
- National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/forensics/dna/commission/welcome.html - Site seeks to maximize the value of forensic DNA evidence in the criminal justice system. Transcripts, publications, programs and what's new from the NIJ, Washington, DC.
- Automated DNA Comparison Software
http://www.ananomouse.com/ - Software company providing a solution for the identification of victims of a mass disaster or missing persons incidents.
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