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Origin of genetic fingerprinting

First recorded in 1985–90

OTHER WORDS FROM genetic fingerprinting

genetic fingerprint, noun

Words nearby genetic fingerprinting

genetic drift, genetic engineering, genetic fallacy, genetic female, genetic fingerprint, genetic fingerprinting, genetic fitness, genetic immunity, geneticist, genetic lethal, genetic load

How to use genetic fingerprinting in a sentence

The genetic material can grow quickly, but are typically riddled with errors or defects.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Prevalence depends on context, and sometimes unique advantages outweigh the genetic costs.
Mongooses, Meerkats, and Ants, Oh My! Why Some Animals Keep Mating All in the Family|Helen Thompson|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cryobanks, which screen for genetic disorders and STDs, cost big bucks; see here for some of the charges.
Have Sperm, Will Travel: The ‘Natural Inseminators’ Helping Women Avoid the Sperm Bank|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Mitochondrial intervention is the practice of replacing DNA that carries a genetic disease.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He got up from behind his desk and led Mike the Angel over to the fingerprinting machine.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett
The most influential attempt at a genetic classification of the various historical forms of government was that of Aristotle.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
On the contrary, taking the genetic view of childhood should give us certain advantages.
The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle
Hundreds of thousands of years of genetic weeding-out have produced things that would give even an electronic brain nightmares.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
The intellectual nature of man is the same as that of angels who have no genetic connection with us.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson

Medical definitions for genetic fingerprinting

genetic fingerprinting

DNA fingerprinting

genetic fingerprinting

Origin of genetic fingerprinting

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