Hair:
Microscopic Evidence: Fiber and Hair Evidence
Fiber:
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Hair:
-Protective outer coating -Overlapping scales -Identities -Medulla: Canal-like structure of cells that run through the center of the cortex. |
Information learned from hair analysis:
- Determine if human or nonhuman hair
- Species ID
- Ancestry, body area of origin, artificial treatment, root type, and DNA.
Whose hair?
Comparing the pictures of hair below you can easily see that the hair found of the crime scene belongs to Anna Garcia for looking at the medulla as well as the cuticle you can see how they are different from the other suspects.