All > Law > Forensic Science

• an analytical control sample that contains no template DNA and is used to monitor contamination from extraction to final fragment or sequence analysis. This control is treated the same as, and parallel to, the database, known, or casework reference samples being analyzed.

  Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences - Cite This Source - This Definition
  ×

  Cite Definition for Reagent blank control

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Reagent blank control. (n.d.). Glossary of Forensic Terms. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/reagent-blank-control.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Reagent blank control. www.adfs.alabama.gov. Glossary of Forensic Terms. Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/reagent-blank-control (accessed: March 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Reagent blank control." Glossary of Forensic Terms. Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/reagent-blank-control.

• Browse Related Terms: CODIS administrator, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), database, Database sample, Discipline, Laboratory, Laboratory support personnel, NDIS, Offender, Reagent blank control