Biology A-Level
paternity testing
What paternity testing means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of paternity testing
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Justifying relatedness by matching each of the child's VNTR bands to either the mother or the alleged father.
Topics that use paternity testing
- Genetic fingerprinting (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- DNA hybridisation
- gel electrophoresis
- PCR amplification
- preventing inbreeding
- restriction endonucleases and Southern blotting
- variable number tandem repeats
- VNTR amplification
- forensic comparison
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