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Question 1 A gene pair made up of 2 similar alleles—for example, AA or BB—is said to be:
Correct
2.00 points out Select one:
of 2.00 a. complementary
b. polyclonal
c. monoclonal
d. heterozygous
e. homozygous
The correct answer is: homozygous
Question 2 Means to detect the amelogenin gene are included in commercial forensic STR kits u
Correct gene allows determination of:
2.00 points out
of 2.00 Select one:
a. sex
b. age
c. blood type
d. eye color
e. ethnicity
The correct answer is: sex
Question 3 The hypervariable region of the mtDNA is:
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Question 4 PCR is a technique that:
Correct
2.00 points out Select one:
of 2.00 a. can produce many exact copies of segments of DNA
b. virtually eliminates operator error from DNA analysis
c. provides a statistical analysis of the nitrogenous-base pairings
d. produces information regarding the sequence of nitrogenous bases
e. all of the above
The correct answer is: can produce many exact copies of segments of DNA
Information
Use the following information to answer Questions 5 through 9.
You are a forensic scientist and you are able to obtain the following 3 CODIS STR gen
found at a crime scene:
Locus Evidence Genotype
TH01 5,5
TPOX 16,17
vWA 10,11
A reference sample from a suspect has the same exact genotypes as the evidence s
of genotypes below and the genotypes of the evidence sample, answer the following
probability that the genotypes from the evidence sample found at the crime scene a
suspect are from 2 different individuals but coincidentally matched by chance.
Individual THO1 TPOX vWA
1 5,5 16,16 10,10
2 3,7 16,17 10,12
3 3,4 16,15 13,14
4 5,5 14,17 11,12
5 4,4 17,17 11,11
6 4,8 17,17 10,10
7 7,8 19,19 10,12
8 9,9 18,19 14,14
9 3,6 15,15 13,14
10 8,9 19,20 11,11
Question 5 What is the frequency of allele 5 for the TH01 locus?