Forensic Biology & DNA · Free course
Forensic Biology and Serology: The Basics
A beginner course on how forensic laboratories find and identify blood, semen, saliva, urine, hair and tissue: presumptive and confirmatory tests, species origin testing, the history of ABO grouping and why DNA replaced it, hair and bloodstain pattern basics with their limits, collection and packaging, the hand-over to the DNA division, and the Indian legal provisions that apply.
About 45 min · 9 questions
What you’ll cover
- What forensic biology and serology do
- A short history: crystals, antibodies and blood groups
- Presumptive and confirmatory tests: the blood example
- Semen, saliva, urine, and the human-or-animal question
- Hair and bloodstain patterns: useful, but know the limits
- Collection, drying, packaging and storage
- In court and in India: law, reports and common errors
- Careers, further study and key takeaways
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