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2018-2019 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BT 205 FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS II
This is a highly rigorous, hands-on laboratory course in which students learn mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis of human remains and human mtDNA haplotyping. DNA sequence polymorphisms at human loci are examined using the PRC based technique, Small Tandem Repeat (STR) analysis. Emphasis will be placed on the sequencing and characterization of the hyper variable region (HVr)-1 and HVr-2 of human mtDNA for purposes of establishing identity, determining ethnic origin, and linking remains to maternal family lineages. Students will be trained by their involvement in actual criminal cold-cases, missing person cases or anthropological cases. Students will be graded based on their performance in mock testimony in a moot court under cross-examination by a lawyer or law student in which the student must defend his/her forensic DNA findings. Lab: 6 hours per week. 3 credits. Prerequisites: CH 120, BI 110, BT 107. 3 Credits Prerequisites: CH120, BI110, BT107
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