Question 1

The scientific study of heredity

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genetics

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specific characteristic of an individual

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trait

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genetically transmitted from parent to child

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hereditary

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to be born with the same genes and characteristics as your parents

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inherit

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to be like or similar to

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resemble

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all of the genes withing a particular popoulation

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gene pool

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a problem someone has because of a fault in the genes transmition

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genetic defect

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inability to have children

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infertility

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The application of scientific knowledge to solve crimes

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forensic science

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the freedom to think and act without government interference

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civil liberty

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the person who is mostly accused of a crime

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prime suspect

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A mark on the skin that is left after a cut or other wound has healed.

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scar

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A person, who has comitted multiples crimes and is likely to continue doing so

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habitual offender

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someone who has done something wrongful or illegal

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perpetrator

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not usual, often in a negative way

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abnormal

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A group of organisms that share common attributes and can mate to produce fertile offspring

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species

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liquid

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fluid

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untouched or undamaged

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intact

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encroach upon in a way that limits

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infringe

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likely to happen soon

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imminent

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perform a medical operation to put something into someone's body

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implant

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a rapid increase

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proliferation

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To save, to keep from harm, to protect

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preserve

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A woman who agrees to bear a child for another couple.

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surrogate mother

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smallest unit of most compounds, containing one or more atoms

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molecule

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A group of similar cells that perform the same function.

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tissue

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

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cell

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particular and exact

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specific

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small amount of something taken to be examined

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specimen

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A detailed description of the a plan or proposal

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specification

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A relatively small proportion of a substance that is used in tests

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sample

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word or phrase that is used to describe something

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descriptor

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a collection of organized data that allows access, retrieval, and use of data

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database

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pattern on which something else is based on

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template

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keep data or information

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store

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discharge completely

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acquit

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decide in court that someone is guilty of a crime

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convict

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state formally or publicly

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declare

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to exclude, to eliminate

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rule out

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take an active part in something

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play a major role

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process of collecting and identifying evidence to determine what happened and who is responsible

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criminal investigation

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way of doing something

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procedure

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clearly different from others of the same kind

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distinctive

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a particular way in which something is organized

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pattern

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extremely small

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minuscule

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keep information about something

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keep on record

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at the beginning

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initially

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to get or gain through some effort

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obtain

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mark made by blood

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bloodstain

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thin piece of hair, wire, etc.

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strand

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liquid that forms in your mouth and helps in digestion

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saliva

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show that something is true

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confirm

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probability

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likelihood

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not connected

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unrelated

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to come out, become known

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emerge

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member of your immediate family

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close relative

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find someone or something after searching

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track

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related to a person by birth, rather than marriage

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blood relation

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as a way of doing or achieving something

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as a means of

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to test or examine someone for the presence of something

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screen

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to provide money for

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fund

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formal accusation

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charge

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up until the present time

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to date

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something that is disagreed with or disapproved of by some people

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(it's) not without (its) critics

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