You Are a Crime Scene Investigator,and the Only Evidence You

question 72

Multiple Choice

You are a crime scene investigator,and the only evidence you are able to gather at the crime scene are some strands of hair.You want to see whether a suspect in custody was at the crime scene.What technique would you use to try and connect the suspect to the crime scene?

• A)PCR followed by cloning
• B)cloning and transgenics
• C)PCR followed by analyzing small tandem repeats
• D)recombinant DNA techniques

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