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| | Fingerprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Fingerprint identification (also referred to individualization) occurs when an expert (or an expert computer system operating under threshold scoring rules) determines that two friction ridge impressions originated from the same finger or palm (or toe, sole) to the exclusion of all others. | | | Fingerprint identification was the first forensic discipline (in 1977) to formally institute a professional certification program for individual experts, including a procedure for decertifying those making errors. | | | Fingerprint research and evaluation at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| | genetic fingerprint - definition of genetic fingerprint in Encyclopedia |
| | By using PCR to detect the number of repeats at several loci, it is possible to establish a match that is extremely unlikely to have arisen by coincidence. | | | AFLP analysis is now highly automated, and allows for easy creation of phylogenetic trees based on comparing individual samples of DNA. | | | Two unrelated humans will be likely to have different numbers of microsatellites at a given locus. |
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| | fingerprint - Columbia Encyclopedia article about fingerprint |
| | Traditionally, impressions have been taken from a person using ink and paper, but in live-scan fingerprinting electronic images produced by a video scanner are converted by computer into binary codes, which can be more readily compared. | | | Fingerprinting for identification of criminals was first used in connection with the Bertillon system Bertillon system (bərtĭl`yən), first scientific method of criminal identification, developed by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914). | | | Fingerprints gained acceptance as a more objective form of identification than visual recognition. |
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| | Fingerprint - Fingerprint Repeal |
| | The number of people wrongfully convicted due to errors is higher than we're led to believe, researcher says. | | | The Real Crime: 1000 Errors in Fingerprint Matching Every Year | | | Teacher will demonstrate to the class how to make their own fingerprint. |
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