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How is DNA used to identify a suspect?
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Answer
Extract the DNA and then match that person's sequence to the sequences
of samples taken from the crime scene.
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Search tool used and why:
AskJeeves because it seemed ideal for a natural language search.
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How did you decide that this information was accurate?
I backed up to the main site and found that it was part of an NSF
project.
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A citation for your source
Morse, Michael and Delgado-Simmons,Rachel . (1997)]. How is
DNA used to
identify a suspect?Ask
a Scientist or Engineer.
http://www.nsf.gov/nstw_questions/biol/quest011.htm
(August 1, 1999).
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What is the latest projected date for completion of the
Human Genome Project?
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Search tool used and why
Alta Vista, so I could use the phrase "Human Genome Project"
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How did you decide that this information was accurate?
This is the official site of the whole project.
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A citation for your source
_ (1999). Human Genome Project Information.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/
(August 1, 1999).
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What is the chromosome number of the brook trout?
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84
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Search tool used and why
Northern Lights, searching on Alta Vista gave too many responses
and I wanted to use NL's categorizing.
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How did you decide that this information was accurate?
Publication of USDA, cited by a Univ of NH project.
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Find a recipe for an insect appetizer.
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Answer
Rootworm Beetle Dip
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Search tool used and why
Yahoo, seemed like a general interest kind of topic.
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How did you decide that this information was accurate?
Source was the Iowa State Entomology department.
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A citation for your source
VanDyk, John . (1999). Insects as food -- some tasty recipes.
Iowa State Entomology site.http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html
(August 1, 1999).
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