Multiple Choice
You are a juror at a trial and you have been told that the suspect's DNA was found at the crime scene.The DNA came from a sweat-stained shirt and saliva on a cigarette butt.Several other jurors are quite skeptical of this information,adamant in their belief that sweat and saliva are body fluids (not cells) and therefore should not contain DNA.How do you explain the scientific basis of this evidence to them during deliberations in the jury chamber?
A) The jurors are correct;body fluids do not contain cells.
B) The jurors are mostly correct;body fluids contain cells but not DNA.
C) Body fluids contain a few cells,and thus some DNA.
D) Sweat contains DNA,but saliva does not.
E) Saliva contains DNA,but sweat does not.
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