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WJEC Applied Science Double Award: DNA Fingerprinting

Unit 2: Science and Society

What you will need to learn

(a) The Human Body and Health

You need to:
11. understand that the nucleus in nearly all cells contains DNA. Analysis by 'genetic fingerprinting' can be used to show the similarity between two DNA samples, for instance in criminal and paternity cases.

UPDATED: 26th February 2008
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