True False One important use of restriction enzyme cutting and gel electrophores

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One important use of restriction enzyme cutting and gel electrophoresis has been in crime scene analysis. The gel patterm below shows DNA samples from a murder investigation. One lane contains DNA bands produced from the defendant's own blood, three lanes contains DNA bands from different blood stains on the defendant's clothes, and one lane contains DNA bands from the victim's blood. DNA banding pattems do not support the defendant's claims that the blood on his clothes came from a cut on his hand. Blood on defendant's Defendant's blood Victim's blood

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True because DNA band of blood found on defendents clothes is different from DNA band of blood of defender and matches to victim's blood DNA band so that's why dna banding does not support defendent's claim

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