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Genetic fingerprinting is a forensic technique used to identify a person by comparing his or her DNA with a given sample, e.g., blood from a crime scene can be genetically compared to blood from a suspect.

 


For example, a genetic fingerprint will allow doctors treating prostate cancer to predict how aggressive a tumor will be. New genetic information will help patients and doctors weigh the risks and benefits of different treatments.

In the 2004 book Free Culture[10], author Lawrence Lessig digresses briefly to describe chimerism and suggest that it could, and had yet to, be well used as a television plot device (particularly for police procedurals involving genetic ...

Firstly, the sequence was used to find the VNTR's, to create a genetic fingerprint. We then classified the anthrax strains into different groups based on this fingerprint.

The products form a type of "genetic fingerprint".
RecombinantA DNA or protein molecule produced as a result of assembling and joining DNA sequences from different sources. Sometimes used to refer to an organism carrying such a gene.

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See also: DNA, Fingerprinting, Trans, Genetic fingerprinting, Sequence

Biology Genetic engineeringGenetic fingerprinting

 
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