2. DNA for Attorneys: Are you kidding me? Christine Funk Minnesota Trial Team 651.480.4846Christine.Funk@state.mn.us Carrie Rowland Forensic Bioinformatics, Inc. 937-426-9270 carrie.rowland@wright.edu Simon Ford, Ph.D. Lexigen Inc. San Francisco sford@lexigen.com

3. Before the Beginning: Fundamental Basics You Need To Know

4. Base Pair Basics Gene Pool Basics Biology Basics Understanding the numbers Evidence collection Discerning ultimate meaning

5. Base Pair Basics

14. A long, long time ago, in this galaxy, planet earth was created

15. Big Bang?

16. Intelligent Design?

17. Life forms began to appear...

18. Doesnt matter how...

20. Bonded together, they created the Human Race...

26. Base pair behavior A always pairs with T G always pairs with C ALWAYS!!

27. 30%

28. 40%

29. 50%

30. 60%

31. 90%

32. 98.77%

33. 99.5%