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DNA fingerprint [¦dē¦en¦ā ′fiŋ·gər‚print] (genetics) Each human individual's virtually unique pattern of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragment sites produced by restriction enzyme digestion, separated by gel electrophoresis, and hybridized to labeled DNA. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| DNA fingerprint changes in tuberculosis: re-infection, evolution, or laboratory error? When Michaelsen extracts DNA from a fungus in these stored samples and runs it through gel electrophoresis, she gets a series of bands that amount to a DNA fingerprint. Each bacterial substrain has a unique rep-PCR DNA fingerprint, a molecular version of the UPC barcodes used in grocery stores. |
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