PRACTICAL BOTANY

By JOSHUA RODRIGUEZ

CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC BOTANY CHAPTER BASIC PLANT BIOLOGY PLANT CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION MODES OF PLANT REPRODUCTION DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION PART FUNDAMENTAL GENETICS MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BASICS PLANT DIVERSITY THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AN OVERVIEW OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS DNA AND THE IDENTI?CATION OF PLANT SPECIES FROM STOMACH CONTENTS PLANT IDENTI?CATION BY DNA IDENTI?CATION OF PLANT SPECIES FROM PARTICULATE MATERIAL USING MOLECULAR METHODS SPECIES IDENTI?CATION OF MARIJUANA BY DNA ANALYSIS CASE STUDY: DNA PRO?LING TO LINK DRUG SEIZURES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE GREEN REVOLUTION: BOTANICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FORENSICS AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT CLASSIC FORENSIC BOTANY CASES HEATHER MILLER COYLE, CARLL LADD, TIMOTHY PALMBACH, PART ADDITIONAL CASE STUDIES TRACKING CLONALLY PROPAGATED MARIJUANA USING AMPLI?ED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (AFLP) ANALYSIS LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF NEW FORENSIC METHODS IN COURT FORENSIC PALYNOLOGY CLASSICAL AND FUTURE DNA TYPING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PLANTS PLANTS ARE UBIQUITOUS PLANTS AS POISONS PLANTS AS TRACE/TRANSFER EVIDENCE FORENSIC BOTANY PLANTS IN OUR SOCIETY FOOD FIBER MEDICINE BEAUTY RECREATION LAW ENFORCEMENT GENERAL REFERENCES PLANTS ARE UBIQUITOUS PLANTS ARE UBIQUITOUS IN NATURE, ESSENTIAL FOR ALL HUMAN AND ANIMAL EXISTENCE THEY ARE CRITICAL TO THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND TO OTHER FORMS OF LIFE, AND SERVE A FUNCTION AS INTERMEDIARIES BY CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY INTO COMPLEX MOLECULES WHILE SOME PLANTS PROVIDE A SOURCE OF FOOD, OTHERS PROVIDE ?BER, MEDICINE, AND AESTHETIC PLEASURE THE AVERAGE PERSON ENJOYS PLANTS IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE PURE GREEN OF THE GOLF COURSE, THE SWEET SMELL OF A ROSE, THE CALMING EFFECT OF CHAMOMILE TEA, A GLASS OF WINE FROM A SUPERIOR GRAPE CULTIVAR, AND THE COMFORT OF WELL-WORN COTTON BLUE JEANS ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES