Description
A study of the techniques and underlying science of forensic biology. The course will include topics in biological evidence collection and preservation, quality assurance and control, forensic serology and body fluid identivication, and forensic DNA analysis. Forensic DNA techniques will include Short Tandem Repeats (STRs), Y-chromosome STRs, mitochondrial DNA, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and population gwenetics/statistics. Two lecture hours and six hours of laboratory per week. Required for Biology/Forensic Biology majors.