Watch this video on how DNA fingerprinting is used in forensic science to help locate missing children.
Atoms Alive [DVD]
DVD
[ Episode1] Biomolecules -- [ep.2]. Little cell, big picture --[ep.3]. DNA, store and copy -- [ep].4. DNA, code and expression -- [ep.5]. DNA, regulation and mutation -- [ep.6]. Recombinant DNA -- [ep.7]. DNA technology -- [ep.8]. Genetic issues.
The invisible history of the human race : how DNA and history shape our identities and our futures by
Introduction -- I. Ideas about what is passed down are passed down -- 1. do not ask what gets passed down -- 2. the history of family history -- 3. the worst idea in history -- 4. the reich genealogical authority -- II. what is passed down? 5. silence -- 6. information -- 7. ideas and feelings --8. the small grains of history -- 9. DNA + culture -- 10. chunks of DNA -- 11. politics of DNA -- 12. the history of the world -- III. how what is passed down shapes bodies and minds 13. the past is written in your face: DNA, traits, and what we make of them -- 14. the past may not make you feel better: DNA, history and health -- epilogue.
The tainted trial of Farah Jama by
'It began to gnaw at him, at first an inkling, then an obsession: Farah Jama was truly innocent. Sonnet (Associate Crown Prosecutor) decided then that he didn't want to grant Jama a re-trial. He wanted to deliver him an acquittal.' In the style of literary non-fiction comes a compelling, true story that will appeal to mystery, crime and "CSI" aficionados and anyone interested in justice for all in the midst of cultural diversity. 0n 21st July 2008, 21-year-old Somali, Farah Jama was sentenced to six years behind bars for the rape of a middle-aged woman as she lay unconscious in a Melbourne nightclub. Throughout the trial Jama had maintained his innocence against the accusations he committed such a predatory, heinous crime. But the Prosecution had one 'rock solid' piece of evidence that nailed the accused--his DNA.