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Questions for Discussion: Forensics

  • Why is DNA testing being used in more and more applications as time goes on?
  • Why might Everest climbers Mallory and Irvine's DNA still be intact after almost 80 years?
  • In a paternity, or maternity, test, how much similarity do scientists expect to see between an individual parent and the child? If they could compare both parents' DNA profiles to their child's, what should they see?