Link to our lab as a pdf - College of Science - Marshall University
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Post-Lab Questions<br />
Short Answer<br />
1. Which woman could be Louise Mondelo?<br />
2. Could the driver <strong>of</strong> the car be the mother <strong>of</strong> the two children in the car?<br />
3. Of the known samples, who could have been Jan’s parents? Wally’s?<br />
4. Of the known samples, whose DNA could be on the firewood?<br />
5. Of the known samples, whose flesh could have been left on the fireplace?<br />
6. Is it e<strong>as</strong>ier <strong>to</strong> prove that two DNA samples match or do not match?<br />
7. Is it e<strong>as</strong>ier <strong>to</strong> prove guilt or innocence using DNA?<br />
8. Given that there are only 8,300 people in the county where Highland Park is, how many people in that<br />
county would you expect <strong>to</strong> find with the same genotype <strong>as</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the unknowns?<br />
9. Assuming an STR with 5 alleles (ignoring the very rare ‘<strong>of</strong>f ladder’ alleles), how many genotypes exist?<br />
10. Using the information from #9 above, and <strong>as</strong>suming that every STR h<strong>as</strong> 5 alleles, on average, how many<br />
STRs are needed <strong>to</strong> expect <strong>to</strong> find only one person <strong>of</strong> a given genotype in a population <strong>of</strong> 300 million?<br />
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The Mystery <strong>of</strong> Lyle and Louise
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