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DNA fingerprinting is a revolutionary technique that enables scientists to match minute tissue samples and facilitates scientific studies on the composition, reproduction, and evolution of animal and plant populations. As a tool for positive identification of criminals, it plays aparticularly important role in forensic science. The first book to be published in the field, DNA Fingerprinting is a practical guide to basic principles and laboratory methods as applied to a variety of fields including forensic analysis, paternity testing, medical diagnostics, animal and plantsciences, and wildlife poaching.

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• 1 Introduction
• 2 Genetic Principles
• 3 Laboratory Organization
• 4 Specimens
• 5 DNA Amplification
• 6 Analysis Techniques
• 7 Probes, Allele Mutations, and Restriction Enzymes
• 8 Probability and Statistical Analysis
• 9 Quality Control
• 10 Legal and Ethical Considerations
• 11 Case Applications

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DNA fingerprinting or typing refers to the characterization of one or more relatively rare features of an individual's genome or hereditary makeup. Since the mid-1980s, the process of identification through DNA technology has proliferated. DNA typing, fingerprinting, or profiling has application in a broad cross-section of disciplines, including forensic science, diagnostic medicine, disputed parentage, animal and plant sciences, and wildlife forensic science. The chapters in this book have been organized to provide, first, background principles, then practical methodology, and, finally, case applications. The book is extremely up to date and replete with post-1988 references. Although there are a good number of reference sources available to readers interested in the fundamental principles underlying DNA technology, none are as application-oriented as is this book. The strength of this book rests with its extensive collection of laboratory methodologies pertinent to DNA identification processes. The coverage is comprehensive, giving the book the quality of a handbook, even including a chapter on laboratory organization. Although clearly aimed at the practitioner of this very new technology, the book is extremely readable so that undergraduates and graduate students in biochemistry and related areas will have no trouble comprehending its content. -R. Saferstein, Trenton State College