DNA you say? Burn everything to burn longer: a guide to leaving no traces

From No Trace Project

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Note from the No Trace Project:

We hope that this translation will help English-speaking anarchists to better understand and protect themselves against the dangers of DNA.

We added many footnotes, either to add information or to explain our disagreements with the original text, especially in the section “A protocol for two“. Our footnotes are preceded by “N.T.P. note”, whereas the original footnotes are not.

We did not include the original appendix which listed French forensic police laboratories and their suppliers, because we didn’t think it was relevant to an international audience.

Contents

• Introduction
  • Why this publication?
  • What’s in there?
  • What we are hoping for from this zine
  • Further reading
• Once upon a time, there was DNA
  • Genetic information and the genome
  • Structure of DNA
  • Stability of the DNA molecule
• What are the police up to?
  • DNA collection by forensic police
  • DNA analysis by forensic police
  • What influences the success of collecting the genetic material from the site?
  • The genetic fingerprint kept by the cops
  • Costs of a DNA analysis
• The spit, the lighter, the rear-view mirror and the incendiary device
  • Directly depositing DNA at the site of an action
  • Clean your material before going into action
  • A protocol for two
• Glossary
• Appendix A: A little more on DNA (it never stops)
  • Quick overview of nucleotides
  • What is a gene?
  • Uses (or not) of STRs
• Appendix B: Techniques used on DNA during analysis
  • PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
  • Principles of DNA sequencing
  • Capillary electrophoresis and multiplex analysis
• Appendix C: Game of the Goose
• Bibliography