I got a 94 on this essay Excellent Paper Deoxyribonucleic Acid - the fingerprint of life also know as DNA was first mapped out in the early 1950's by British biophysicist, Francis Harry Compton Crick and American biochemist James Dewey Watson. They determined the three-dimensional structure of DNA, the substance that passes on the genetic characteristics from one generation to the next. DNA is found in the chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell.         "Every family …showed first 75 words of 1302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1302 total…as a suspect while PCR shows that the same characteristics may be shared by as many as one in a thousand.(Nichols, P58)         The discovery of DNA has led to tremendous advances in solving crimes but there is still a lot to learn. The technology of DNA is still in it's infancy and as it develops and as lab procedures become standardized DNA will be an even more powerful force in the courtroom. - 5 -