Polymerase chain reaction forensic analysis

Provided a sample of DNA can be obtained, a restriction analysis can be carried ont. A match between the restriction fragments from a sample of DNA left at the scene of a crime and that of a snspect is a valnable tool in forensic science. The usefulness of this techniqne is increased enormously by combining it with the polymerase chain reaction, since the amount of DNA extracted from a very small amount of tissue can be increased enormonsly, providing enough for a restriction analysis. Tissne samples as small as a single cell, a hair, a drop of sahva, a piece of dandruff or a smear of semen are snfflcient to prodnce enough DNA. It has produced a revolution in forensic science. However, caution must be applied to interpretation of the results for... 

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Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) Technique for amplification of small amounts of DNA. starting with a few molecules and yielding sufficient material to analyze the sequence. Also widely used in forensic DNA analysis. 

Diagnostic RFLP methods employ DNA that is readily available from the white cells of patient blood samples. Forensic methods, on the other hand, use DNA samples of unpredictable (usually low) quantity furthermore, if the DNA sample is old and has been exposed to sunlight (UV radiation), the DNA may be present as cleaved fragments rather than intact genes. In such cases, the available DNA is amplified in concentration using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).10 PCR technology has revolutionized DNA analysis, and has made such general forensic tests feasible. 

In forensic cases, DNA samples can be extracted and purified from small specimens of skin, blood, semen, or hair roots collected at the crime scene. DNA that is suitable for analysis even can be obtained from dried stains of semen and blood. The RFLP analysis performed on these samples then is compared to those performed on samples obtained from the suspect. If the RFLP patterns match, it is then beyond reasonable doubt that the suspect was at the crime scene. In practice, several different probes containing different types of repetitious sequences are used in the hybridizations in order to satisfy certain statistical criteria for absolute, positive identification. The use of different restriction enzymes allow for accuracies in positive identifications of greater than one in 100 million. In recent years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method that amplifies DNA, has made it possible for very small amounts of DNA found at crime scenes to be amplified for DNA fingerprinting analysis. Using specific probes to prime DNA polymerase, many copies of the targeted areas of DNA can be synthesized in vitro and subsequently analyzed. 

Moreno, L., Mills, D., Entry, J., et al.. Microbial metagenome profiling using amplicon length heterogeneity-polymerase chain reaction proves more effective than elemental analysis in discriminating soil specimens, J Forensic Sci, 51, 2006. 

The analysis of DNA by CE represents one of the best examples for application of this technique in clinical analysis where the low cost, the full automation, and the speed of analysis compared to the slab gels accelerated the implementation of this technique in sequencing the human genome. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the Genome project, viral detection, blood transfusion safety, and forensic identification are all pushing the widespread use of DNA analysis especially by CE further than most investigators have expected. 

DNA fingerprinting was developed for individualization system in 1985. Analyses using DNA profiling with variable numbers of tandem repeat polymorphism has been carried out for identification of forensic samples such as bloodstains and sectional stains. Concerning forensic hairs, several DNA analyses of hair root sheath cells have been reported. However, DNA analysis of a hair shaft has not succeed to date, because DNA recovery from a hair shaft is in order of tens of picograms and only low molecular weight DNA (below 200 base pairs (bp)) is left in the hair shape. Recently, microsatellite DNA polymorphism has been detected by the polymerase chain reaction technique. This polymorphism can be applied to DNA analysis of hair shaft. If DNA analysis is combined with microscopic and instrumental analysis in forensic examination, hair individualization can be more accurate. 

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DNA fingerprints, used in forensic genetics, are made by using enzymes splitting the genetic sequence up into patterns unique to an individual. DNA fingerprinting used to require test tubes of blood for analysis. Polymerase chain reaction technology now allows the reproduction of DNA (and subsequent analysis) from a sample as small as dried saliva from the back of a stamp. 

Forensic science also deals with testing for DNA analysis. DNA analysis is required in order to identify the source of bodily fluids blood and semen. The PCR-based techniques include different types of analytical techniques including mass spectrometry. PGR (polymerase chain reaction) is an enzyme-based technique for amplifying DNA sequences. 

Lab-on-a-chip devices of this kind, so-called micro-total analysis systems ((xTAS), are textbook examples of how an appropriate reactor design considerably facilitates analyses. These systems benefit from highly efficient heat transfer in different reaction zones, thus allowing for realizing a complete sequence of different reactions within a single reaction channel. It is for these reasons that jtTAS are particularly well suited for nucleic acid analyses by means of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Other fields of application comprise molecular diagnostics or forensics [53]. 

Currently, forensic DNA analysis uses the polymerase chain reaction to amplify 13 specific DNA loci. The VNTR at these loci are only four base pairs, called short tandem repeats (STR). The amplification primers are chemically... 

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