Definition of DNA fingerprint

1. Noun. Biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases.


Medical Definition of DNA fingerprint

1. The unique pattern of DNA fragments identified by Southern hybridisation (using a probe that binds to a polymorphic region of DNA) or by polymerase chain reaction (using primers flanking the polymorphic region). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of DNA Fingerprint

DNA amplification
DNA annealing
DNA beta-glucosyltransferase
DNA binding protein
DNA chip
DNA cloning
DNA damage
DNA delta-helicase
DNA deoxyribophosphodiesterase
DNA diagnosis
DNA diagnostics
DNA duplex
DNA entry nuclease
DNA excision
DNA fingerprint (current term)
DNA fingerprinting
DNA footprinting
DNA fragmentation
DNA gap
DNA gene
DNA glycosylase
DNA gyrase
DNA helicase
DNA helicases
DNA helix
DNA homology
DNA hybridisation
DNA hybridization
DNA insertion elements

Literary usage of DNA fingerprint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Criminal Justice & Community Response to Rape by Joel Epstein (1995)
"... known as the DNA fingerprint." It resembles the bar code on grocery store packages. This print, which has been obtained by using the suspect's DNA, ..."

2. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"The following terms: plant, plants, DNA fingerprint, DNA fingerprints, DNA fingerprinting were used in the search of combined text fields (TX) which include ..."

3. Enforcement Procedures And Scheduling For Occupational Exposure To Tuberculosisby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Having isolates with identical DNA fingerprint patterns is not adequate evidence for placing two TB patients together in the same room, because isolates ..."

4. Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and by Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S. (2006)
"Salmonella, and other bacterial pathogens from clinical laboratories to the public health laboratory, where the DNA "fingerprint" is determined using ..."

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