On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the Department of medical physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Mosul held a scientific seminar entitled “Applications of forensic DNA”, delivered by Assistant Professor Dr. Talal sebhan, as part of the Department’s scientific activities series. The seminar dealt with the content and structure of the human genome, highlighting the genetic regions used to distinguish between people and determine relationships between them, including short tandem repeats (STR) and polymorphisms of cut lengths resulting from restriction (RFLP). The seminar also reviewed a number of practical applications of forensic DNA analysis, including distinguishing between people, tests to prove descent, and examining the possibility of distinguishing between identical twins. The seminar was attended by the head of the department and a number of faculty members, in the framework of enhancing scientific knowledge of the criminal applications of DNA and its importance in the fields of Investigation and genetic analysis.

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Saturday, October 24, 2026