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© The chemical structure of everyone's DNA is the
same.
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animal) is the order of the base pairs.
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primarily by the sequence of letters along the
zipper.

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segments that vary
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"fingerprint,"
© they are able to determine whether two DNA
samples are from the same person, related people,
or non-related people.
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VNTR's
© On some human chromosomes, a short sequence
of DNA has been repeated a number of times.
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repeats
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nylon sheet produces a pattern called the
DNA fingerprint.
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several probes (5-10 or more) simultaneously.
Œractical Applications of DNA
Fingerprinting
© 1.Œaternity and Maternity
© person inherits his or her VNTRs from his
or her parents
© Œarent-child VNTR pattern analysis has
been used to solve standard father-
identification cases Can someone tell me who is my father?
‰. Criminal Identification and
Forensics
© DNA isolated from blood, hair, skin cells, or
other genetic evidence left at the scene of a crime
can be compared
© FBI and police labs around
the U.S. have begun to use
DNA fingerprints to link suspects
to biological evidence ±
blood or semen stains, hair,
or items of clothing
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newborn babies
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© By studying the DNA fingerprints of relatives
who have a history of some particular disorder
© identify DNA patterns associated with the disease
© 6.identification of Chinese medicine
© The Hong Kong Baptist University was able to
use DNA fingerprinting to identify the Chinese
medicine²Lingzhi in ‰000
Considerations when evaluating
DNA evidence
© In the early days of the use of
genetic fingerprinting as criminal
evidence, given a match that had a
1 in 5 million probability of occurring
by chance the lawyer would argue
that this meant that in a country
of say 60 million people there were 1‰ people
who would also match the profile.
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must also be figured into the probability
© Until recently, the standards for determining
DNA fingerprinting matches, and for laboratory
security and accuracy which would minimize
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-Could it be an accidental random match?
-If not, could the DNA sample have been
planted?
-If not, did the accused leave the DNA sample
at the exact time of the crime?
-If yes, does that mean that the accused is
guilty of the crime?
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