Page 29 - An Identity Crisis
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Post-Lab
Questions
Short Answer
1. Which woman was Louise Mondelo? 7. Is it easier to prove guilt or innocence using
DNA?
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2. Could the driver of the car be the mother of
the two children in the car?
8. Given that there are only 8,300 people in the
............................................................................... county where Highland Park is located, how
............................................................................... many people in that county would you expect
to find with the same genotype as each of the
3. Of the known samples, who could have been unknowns?
Jan’s parents? Wally’s? ...............................................................................
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9. Assuming an STR with 5 alleles (ignoring
4. Of the known samples, whose DNA could be the very rare ‘off ladder’ alleles), how many
on the firewood? genotypes exist?
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5. Of the known samples, whose flesh could
have been left on the fireplace? 10. Using the information from #9 above
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............................................................................... 5 alleles, on average, how many STRs
are needed to expect to find only one
person of a given genotype in a population
6. Is it easier to prove that two DNA samples of 300 million?
match or do not match?
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