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Monster Essays - Murder, Rape, and DNA
Murder, Rape, and DNA
 	DNA is the information needed by a cell in order to reproduce an
identical offspring.  In some crimes detectives have no evidence or fingerprints
to tell who had committed a crime.  Now there is a way of finding who has
committed the crime by a method called DNA Typing.  DNA Typing is finding
bacteria or blood on clothing or skin and amplifying the gene.  This process was
pioneered in the 1980's by a Scientist named Alec Jeffreys.
	If blood, sperm, or any other human cells are left at the scene of a
crime, the DNA in the cells can be analyzed and compared with some DNA taken
from the suspect's bloo....
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