ABBREVIATIONS
- bp
– base pairs
- cfDNA
– cell-free fetal DNA
- CODIS
– Combined DNA Index System
- DNA
– deoxyribonucleic acid
- EDNAP
– European DNA Profiling Group
- ENFSI
– European Network of Forensic Science Institute
- ESS
– European Standard Set
- EU
– European Union
- FBI
– Federal Burean of Investigation
- HV1
- hyper variable region 1
- HV2
- hyper variable region 2
- MPS
– Massively Parallel Sequencing
- mRNA
– messenger ribonucleic acid
- mtDNA
– mitochondrial DNA
- NA
– nucleic acid
- PCR
– polymorphism chain reaction
- RNA
– ribonucleic acid
- RFLP
- restriction fragment length polymorphism
- SNP
– single nucleotide polymorphism
- SSR
– simple sequence repeat
- STADNAP
– Standardization of DNA Profiling
- STR
– short tandem repeats
- UV light
- ultraviolet light
- USA
- United States of America
- VNTR
– variable number of tandem repeats