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DNA - A Prosecutor’s Practice Notebook Inventory

Plant Species Database

Similar to the databases created for mitochondrial DNA, a database can also be developed for species of plants. For example, the Connecticut State Forensic Science Laboratory is developing a marijuana database that will allow scientists to determine a random match frequency (how common a species of marijuana plant is compared to unrelated drug cases).

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