CNN Forensic Files June 7, 2014 06:50:00
>> it will not be as unique a profile as i might get from blood or saliva or hair with a root, but it will still allow me to say, yes, this sample matches the reference dog or it doesn't match the reference dog. >> halverson performed a pcr test, which stands for polymerase chain reaction. >> it's basically like taking one page out of a book and ignoring the rest of the book and xeroxing that page a million times. and now you have that page in so much quantity that you can see it. >> then the sample was sequenced to get a visual representation of the dna type. when she compared the dna from th...