Dactyloscopy

Minutiae

Points of Similarity

Latent Print

Plastic Print

A. chemical used for fuming methods

Cyanoacrylate (superglue)

B. Glue fuming bonds to this in

fingerprints

Amino acids

C. Flurorescent powder only shows

fingerprints in the presence of

Ultraviolet Light

Cuticle
Cortex
Medulla

Cortex

Medulla

Medulla is usually thicker in animals

Cuticle is different patterns

Fiber

Man-made or synthetic
Natural

 Animal fiber is wool

Plant fiber is cotton

 Erythrocytes Red blood cells, carry O2

Thrombocytes platelets, clot wounds
Leukocytes White blood cells, fight disease

A
B
AB
O

 Plasma

 A, B and O

 B is BB and BO
O is OO
AB is AB

 The Universal Donor

 The Universal Recipient

 The Rh factor is a protein in the Rhesus monkey. If

present in your blood, you are +, if not you are -

 5 liters

 It reacts with chemicals to show bloods presence

 DNA (genetic info)

 Passive, drops/pools
Projected, spatter
Transfer/Contact, prints

 Bloodstain pattern analysis

 Detecting the presence of blood

 RH + and negative

If negative, they can only receive negative

Spines

Satellite spatter
Parent drop

The angle the blood hits the surface

Most abundant
O

Least abundant
AB

Sugar

Phosphate
Nitrogen base

deoxyribose

A adenine
T thymine

C cytosine
G guanine

NUCLEUS!!!

White blood cells because

they have a nucleus