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Lipids

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Compounds that are not soluble in water but are soluble in a nonpolar solvent

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Waxes

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Compounds made when a long chain fatty acid reacts with a long chain alcohol; they are solid at room temperature

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Fatty acid

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Compounds that contain long chain carboxylic acid and a long-chain alcohol

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Triglycerides

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Compounds that are made by combining a glycerol molecule with three fatty acid molecules

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Fats

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Compounds that are semisolid at room temperature and mountain fatty acides whose carbon chains contain only carbon—carbon single bonds

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Oils

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Compounds that are liquid at room temperature and contain fatty acids whose carbon chains contain one or more carbon—carbon double bonds

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Saturated fat

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Compounds of lipid molecules that have only single carbon-carbon bonds

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Unsaturated fat

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Compounds of lipid molecules that have more than one double-double bonds

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Locard’s exchange principle

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principle holds that the perpetrator of a crime will bring something into the crime scene and leave with something from it, and that both can be used as forensic evidence

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Primary transfer

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The direct transfer of trace evidence from one object to another

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Secondary transfer

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evidence transferred to other objects during subsequent contacts

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Carbohydrates

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Hydrates of carbon that have a carbon – hydrogen – oxygen ration of 1:2:1

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Monosaccharide

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Compounds consisting of small carbohydrate molecules; simple sugars

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Disaccharide

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Compounds that contain two carbohydrate molecules bonded together

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Sugar

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Any of the monosaccharaides or disaccharaides

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Polymer

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A long chained molecule made up of linked smaller molecules called monomers

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Monomer

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A molecule that can be chemically bound as a unit of a polymer

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Cellulose

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A polysaccharide of glucose that is the structural material of cell walls in plants

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Dietary fiber

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Indigestible cellulose from plant derived foods

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Starch

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A polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a source of energy for the body

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Protein

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Long polymers made up of individual amino acid monomers

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Amino acid

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Org comp containing at least one amino group and one carboxyl group

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Primary structure (of proteins)

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The sequence of amino acids in protein

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Secondary structure (of proteins)

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The shape of a protein based on the amino acid chain interaction

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Pleated sheet

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A type of secondary structure of proteins

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Alpha helix

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The secondary structure of a protein that resembles the shape of a spring

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Tertiary structure (of proteins)

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Overall 3D pattern of a protein

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Quaternary structure (of proteins)

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3D shape that occurs when 2 or more different protein molecules link together

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Disulfide bond

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Covalent linkage between the sulfhydryl group of two cysteine residues

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Hydrophobic interactions

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Attractions between large nonpolar functional groups on amino acids

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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The molecule responsible for transmitting all hereditary information from one geretation to the next

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Gene

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The entire DNA sequence necessary for production of a protein

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Chromosome

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The structural unit of genetic material consisting of a DNA molecule and associated proteins

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Short tandem repeat (STR) analysis

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A method of DNA analysis

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

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DNA that is found in mitochondria rather than in the nucleus