Individual Evidence - A kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing, Luminol - Used for large areas where blood is suspected, but not visible. Glows if positive., Radial Projection - Created when a force acts upon a quantity of blood, Area of Convergece - With two or more splatters, scientist can draw lines of convergence, can pinpoint location of blood source., Thrombocytes - Platelets; responsible for clotting, Variable Tandem Repeats (VNTR) - Repeating sequence that are 10 to 100 base pairs long, Gene - A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait, Minutiae - The combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique. Also called ridge characteristics., Epidermis - Outer layer of skin on hands and feet, Nuclear DNA - Inherited half by your mother and half by your father, Presumptive Test - Identifies if a stain is blood, Allele - Different forms of a gene, Plastic Print - 3 dimensional prints on soft surfaces such as soap, wax, etc., Gel Electrophoresis - Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel, Antibodies - Proteins in the plasma to fight against other blood types, Confirmatory Test - Type of test that identifies if the blood is human, Antigens - Surface protein on the red blood cell, Latent Prints - A hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders and other techniques, Short tandem repeats (STRs) - Repeating sequence that is 2 to 10 base pairs long, RSID (Rapid Stain Identification) - Name of the confirmatory test to determine that a sample is human blood, Tenprint Card - A form used to record and preserve fingerprints, Arterial Gushes - Occurs when an artery is damaged and blood gushes from the wound in large volumes, Patent prints - A visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, or ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to that surface, Loop - A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin, CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) - National database of DNA data obtained from individuals convicted of sexual assaults or homicides, Dermis - Inner layer of skin on hands and feet, Sattelites - Small secondary droplets around the main drop, AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) - A fingerprint database system that allows fingerprint identification to be shared across the nation., Whorl - A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's-eye., Swipe Pattern - Transfer of blood onto a surface, feathered side indicates direction of travel,

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