bio+technology

What process makes copies of a specific DNA sequence? polymerase chain reaction How much DNA is required at the start for this process to work at amplifying (copying) this target sequence? can be less than one part in a million of the total DNA sample Why would this process be useful in analyzing the DNA in mummified human brains? to help decipher the evolutionary history of human populations How can the repeat DNA sequences in a human DNA sample be detected?
 * DNA fingerprinting (p.459)**

How do organisms differ with respect to the repeats? Which process can separate amplified (copied) DNA based on its size? What type of pattern is produced? As the number of repeats increases in a human DNA segment, what will happen to the size of that segment. When comparing band patterns to identify the human individual that was the source of the DNA is called? Why do individuals have unique DNA fingerprints? Describe FOUR of the uses of DNA fingerprinting. Would you be willing to provide your DNA for a national DNA databank? Why or Why not? What type of privacy restrictions would you want on your DNA, if in a databank? If not everyone, do you think convicted felons, at least, should be required to provide DNA for a databank? Why or why not? Should all defendants have access to DNA fingerprinting to prove they didn't do a crime? Why or Why not? Should this include those already convicted of crimes who want to reopen their cases using new DNA evidence?
 * DNA Fingerprinting and the Criminal Justice System (p.464)**