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Analýza DNA – cesta od pokusů až po metodu individuální identifikace
| Title in English | DNA analysis - the journey from experiments to the method of individual identification |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | DNA is the genetic material found in all cells of the body. The origins of genetics, or the study of its laws, can be found in the 19th century, when it is associated with the name of the eminent Czech scientist Johann Gregor Mendel. This Augustinian monk from a Brno monastery was involved in hybridisation experiments on plants in the second half of the 19th century. He chose the garden of the monastery as his workplace and the pea as the object of his interest. In connection with DNA itself, the names of James Watson and Francis Crick, who won the Nobel Prize for its discovery, are most often associated with it. This discovery has made a significant contribution to various branches of science, one of which is criminalistics, where the method of DNA analysis helps to identify the perpetrators of not only the most serious crimes, but also to establish other facts relevant to the case under investigation. The first successful use of this method in criminalistics was in 1986, in the case of the murder of the minor Linda Mann. Subsequently, the method spread to the USA and other countries. In the Czech Republic it was first applied and accepted by the court in 1992 in the case of the murder of a student at the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno. In my paper I will focus on the mapping of the DNA analysis path from the initial experiments to the method used for individual identification. This method is widely used in contemporary criminology, and in connection with it it is sometimes said that the result of DNA analysis is so-called unquestionable evidence. In my article I will further reflect on the place of this method in contemporary criminology and on the prediction of the development of this method. |
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