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 This description of the basic concepts of DNA is derived from National Research Council, The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence 12-14, 60-65 (1996) [hereinafter, 'NRC II']. The NRC II is widely regarded as one of the definitive publications on the use of DNA evidence in the field of forensics. See also, e.g., United States v. Gaines, 979 F. Supp. 1429, 1431-32 (S.D.Fla.1997) (citing United States v. Shea, 957 F. Supp. 331, 333 (D.N.H.1997)); Government of Virgin Islands v. Penn, 838 F. Supp. 1054, 1058 (D.Vi.1993).

Each human body contains a large number of cells, each of which descends from successive divisions ...