What is DNA fingerprinting? Enlist their uses.

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It is well known fact that every individual has unique fingerprints. These occur at the tips of the fingers and have been used for identification for a long time. But these can be altered by surgery. A sequence of base on DNA is also unique for a person and information regarding this is called DNA fingerprinting. Following are the uses of DNA printing.

a) in forensic laboratories for identification of criminals.

b) To determine paternity of an individual.

c) To identify the dead bodies in any accident by comparing the DNA’s of parent or children.

d) To identify racial groups to rewrite biological evolution. 

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