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Students learn to collect 10-print pattern evidence cards.

Making a Difference

"I use the online Firearm Examiner Training to complement the information I am presenting... kudos to all who participated in the site's development."

~William Demuth II
FA/TM Training Coordinator
Illinois State Police

FBI Standards and Resource Links

FBI Publications

Use these convenient links to keep up with FBI guidelines and standards in your laboratory.

Guide for the Laboratory Manager and Auditor during a DNA Laboratory Health and Safety Inspection

Guidelines for Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Nucleotide Sequence Interpretation

Training Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Interpretation Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Revised Validation Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

Report on the Current Activities of the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods Y-STR Subcommittee
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

DNA from a Computer Keyboard
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)

 

FBI QAS Standards

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/forensic.htm

 

Additional Web Sites

STRBase:   http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/

Smith-Ailing Lane:   http://www.dnaresource.com/