World 5 · Copying DNA and DNA Fingerprinting · 11 min · PRO

DNA as an ID: what is (and is not) in a profile

A short code of numbers, not a life story

PRO · Forensic Science

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Copying DNA: the PCR idea
Three temperatures, one cycle
The gel: sorting DNA by size
Reading the bands: a match, a mixture, a doubt
Natural and synthetic fibres

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