Autopsy
An examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease.
Key forensic and DNA terms used on the UMID identification portal and DNA database, explained in simple language.
An examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease.
Any chromosome in the body other than the sex chromosomes.
The sets of hydrogen-linked nucleobases (adenine and thymine or guanine and cytosine), that keep the two strands of DNA together.
The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computer programs.
Thread-like structures found in the nucleus that contain DNA.
A double helical nucleic acid molecule forming the molecular basis of heredity.
The process of determining a person’s DNA characteristics which are as unique as fingerprints, hence also called as DNA fingerprinting. The specific DNA pattern developed is called a DNA profile.
A gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function.
All the DNA in a cell. The genome comes in the form of 23 pairs of chromosomes.
A technology that looks at single bases (adenine, cytosine, thymine, and guanine) in the genome.
Inheritance is the process by which genetic information is passed from parent to child. This is why members of the same family tend to have similar characteristics.
A locus is a position on a chromosome, a region of DNA that’s analysed. “Loci” is the plural of “locus.”
Physical characteristics or appearance of a trait.
A single difference in the DNA between two people. These differences are normal and an important part of what makes every person unique.