A general term for
techniques used to identify
unique proteins or
nucleic acids by breaking them up with
enzymes and looking at the resulting pattern of their
amino acid or
nucelotide base sequences. Fingerprinting is widely used in forensics to test
blood,
semen or other body tissues for
genetic matching. See also
Southern blot.
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