Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index.

Welcome to the forensic DNA analysis laboratory -- Laboratory rules -- An overview of forensic DNA analysis -- Types of biological samples -- Exercise 1--DNA extraction -- Exercise 2--concentration of extracted DNA -- Exercise 3--microcon concentration and purification of extracted DNA -- Exercise 4--assessing the quality and quantity of isolated DNA -- Exercise 5--DNA analysis using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) -- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -- Exercise 6--polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests : the AmpliType PM/DQA1 system --

Exercise 7--polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests : the D1S80 system -- Exercise 8--polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests : short tandem repeat (STR) analysis -- Exercise 9--polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests : short tandem repeat (STR) analysis to determine paternity (a case study) -- Exercise 10--polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests : Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) analysis (a case study) -- Exercise 11--mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis -- Exercise 12--assessment of lumigraph or autoradiograph data.