Has DNA fingerprinting helped detecting cases in India?
Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at
10:33 am
Whats the use of DNA fingerprinting in forensic science?
Its Institutes in New Delhi?
How is it helpful in detecting criminals?examples.
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Filed under: DNA Fingerprinting
DNA "fingerprinting" is based on the idea that no 2 people (except identical twins) have the exact same DNA. Therefore, treating DNA with a series of highly specific restriction enzymes will generate specific "maps" (similar to fingerprints – different between everybody).
Here’s a place in New Delhi:
http://cbi.nic.in/cfsl/about.htm
If a criminal leaves any body fluid or skin at a crime scene, the DNA content can be recovered and mapped as indicated above
Hope this helps!