Re: Forensic Science Trivia Game
I'm assuming this is modern DNA analysis- because if it's old DNA analysis (radiographic), 1 week per loci.
I would think the absolute minimum would be 4 hours, but depending on how hard the DNA is to extract, it could take a little longer.
The process is extraction, then amplification (PCR is not really a quantitative method, although there are some semi-quantitative techniques, I'm not sure they'd hold up to reasonable doubt in court), then capillary electrophoresis.
In real life the problem is that the samples go into a queue and wait. The actual analysis does not take that long. The rechecks add time, and the fact that the labs are understaffed greatly slow down the process.
I'm assuming this is modern DNA analysis- because if it's old DNA analysis (radiographic), 1 week per loci.
I would think the absolute minimum would be 4 hours, but depending on how hard the DNA is to extract, it could take a little longer.
The process is extraction, then amplification (PCR is not really a quantitative method, although there are some semi-quantitative techniques, I'm not sure they'd hold up to reasonable doubt in court), then capillary electrophoresis.
In real life the problem is that the samples go into a queue and wait. The actual analysis does not take that long. The rechecks add time, and the fact that the labs are understaffed greatly slow down the process.
