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A scientist awakes in a theater with her memory erased, rain-soaked clothing, someone else’s underwear, a new face, pregnant, and no identification, money, or shoes. Her only connection to reality is the business card she finds crumpled in the corner of her pocket that leads her to the molecular genetics department of a university medical school where the professor, a scientist and law man is rushing to save the life of a man on Death Row whose name was tagged on another’s DNA twenty years ago. New DNA technology has allowed former detectives to return to their cold cases decades later and use the new DNA technology to solve the old cases with new evidence. Now she must work with him in a race against time to save an innocent man whose DNA was tagged by clerical error or purpose to crime evidence DNA, landing him in prison for decades.
Presents facts about genes, traits, and DNA.
When Annabelle and Harry's pet dog goes missing the children believe that the local pet thief has struck again. With their mum working as a DNA scientist from a laboratory in their garden, the children realise they can secretly use their mum's laboratory to solve the crime. Annabelle and harry become 'DNA Detectives' and, just like real-life forensic scientists, they go on an exciting adventure to try and solve the case. ASE Book Award winner.
It all starts when Annabelle and Harry decide to change their library books in the school library. There is a loud noise and the ground in the corridor begins to shake. It feels like the school is falling down. When the dust settles the children discover the hall floor has collapsed. Below, they find a cave. The children are thrilled to think they are the first people to ever set foot in the cave. Then the most incredible discovery leads them to think this may not be the case. Join Annabelle and Harry, the DNA Detectives, on their adventure as they meet archaeologists and scientists who help them uncover the mysteries of the Stone Age. Discover fascinating details about cave paintings, extracting DNA from ancient bones, finding out how tartar from ancient teeth can tell us what someone looked like, what they ate, and even what made them ill. Can you help the DNA Detectives solve the Stone Age mystery?
Explains the basics of genetics and reveals the stories of the researchers who discovered pieces of the DNA puzzle.--
Written by an expert in the field, The DNA Detectives describes the intricate processes used in DNA testing to solve crimes and puzzles across the globe, as well as the fascinating history of the discovery that DNA was the fundamental building block of all life on this planet. Through the ages mankind has always been curious about the way in which characteristics are passed from one generation of another, but this had always been guesswork, often based on incorrect premises and inadequate observations. As time went by, science gradually moved closer to unlocking the secrets, thanks to the intrepid explorers of the human genome. Starting with a short history of personal identification, includ...
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It is the start of the summer holidays. Annabelle, Harry and their dog Milly are busy exploring the beach at Tresorporth in Cornwall in search of the smuggler's tunnel when something catches their eye - a gold locket at the bottom of a rock pool with an old photo and a lock of hair inside. A new adventure for The DNA Detectives as they collect evidence and use DNA to find out where the locket has come from, solve a crime, and reunite a log lost family.
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA is the highly suspenseful account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes readers on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride and concludes with a twist that rivals anything Hollywood has to offer. In the vein of a classic mystery, Hill gathers the seemingly scant evidence surrounding the circumstances of his birth. As his resolve shores up, the author also avails of new friends, genealogists, the Internet, and the latest DNA tests in the new field of genetic genealogy. As he closes in on the truth of his ...
"Stalking Justice focuses on the heroic efforts of the lone investigator who, by using his gut instincts and twenty-first-century technology, ended the vicious rampage of an elusive killer." "Detective Joe Horgas suspected that Susan Tucker's murder was connected to a similar case nearly four years earlier - a murder to which another man had already confessed. Horgas's theories were dismissed by superiors and colleagues alike; undaunted, he developed his own leads, and ultimately targeted a suspect. But he had nothing except semen stains from the crime scene to tie his suspect to the murder - nothing but a genetic code that, once deciphered, would break open the case. In a historic breakthrough for U.S. criminal justice, DNA testing would be used to catch a killer."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved