DNA Fingerprinting and Forensics

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This paper discusses DNA fingerprinting and how it has become a silent partner in the war on crime. It looks at how, although DNA fingerprinting is an expensive endeavor for crime enforcement, there is no doubt its accuracy outweighs cost restrictions.

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Introduction
DNA Fingerprinting
Advantages and Developments
Conclusion

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"The true significance of a strand of DNA is that it is sure to house all of the necessary information that is the blueprint or code for various aspect of the body that it represents. Consider that in the majority of organisms, genetics is established by the breeding of pairs of parents which results in an off-spring that has a combination of each of the parents' genetic codes. "Despite the power of molecular biology to examine the information coded for by DNA, we have to know where in the DNA to look to find information of relevance to particular phenomena." (Cantor & Smith, 1999)"

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