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    • Use this slideshow to solve a crime, and to learn how the collection and processing of DNA1 evidence2 and DNA profiling are used to solve a crime.

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    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 4 March 2021 Referencing Hub media
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    Use this slideshow to solve a crime, and to learn how the collection and processing of DNA evidence and DNA profiling are used to solve a crime.

    This is part of the DNA detective activity.

    1. DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that contains the instructions needed for an organism to develop and function. These instructions are stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T).
    2. evidence: Data, or information, used to prove or disprove something.

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      2. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that contains the instructions needed for an organism to develop and function. These instructions are stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T).

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      3. Data, or information, used to prove or disprove something.

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