Question

(a) Investigators often remove blood from a crime scene in order to extract DNA for forensics. Although blood cells do contain nucleic acids, why would blood yield relatively less DNA than semen containing sperm cells?
(b)What are some other uses for DNA extracted from a human being or any organism?

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