genetic fingerprinting

noun

1. DNA fingerprinting.

Other Word Forms

• genetic fingerprint noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of genetic fingerprinting¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

A 23-meter-long sailboat set off last week from Argentina for Antarctica’s Weddell Sea with eight scientists, lots of cloacal swabs, and a genetic fingerprinting machine aboard.

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His spinal fluid was sent to a state laboratory that performs genetic fingerprinting on bacteria samples, where researchers later found Roberson had tested positive for listeria.

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The cases were linked through genetic fingerprinting, which indicates they likely have a common source of infection.

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"It's easy to say whether something's there or not with genetic fingerprinting," explained Newcastle University's Prof David Graham, who is involved in the development of that test.

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Disease detectives searching for clues to human-created disease outbreaks seek smoking guns such as a genetic fingerprinting link of laboratory samples to samples obtained from diseased patients.

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