HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260233032
Author: Mader
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 22.3, Problem 3BTH
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Whether all defendants or already convicted of crimes shouldhave access to DNA fingerprinting (at government expense) to prove theirinnocence. 

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DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the genetic contentpresent in a cell. It encodes information that is translated for phenotype anddifferent functionality of the cell. A DNA molecule has a pattern of certainunique segments of nucleotides that it inherits from the parents and makes it

unique. The technique that uses the property of DNA of having a uniqueset of segments is known as DNA profiling.

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