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What is ineresting about DNA from blood, hair, semen and fingerprints?

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Solution explains the finer points of how DNA from blood, hair, semen, and fingerprints can be analyzed by detecting their single nucleotide polymorphisms in 271 words with a reference.

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What is ineresting about DNA from blood, hair, semen and fingerprints?

DNA from blood, hair, semen, and fingerprints can be analyzed by detecting their single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNPs). Each individuals has variations in a particular point in their genome. Each individual has about a million or more SNPs. The SNPs can be detected from either blood, hair, semen, and fingerprints. Since the SNPs are single base ...

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