DNA Fingerprinting

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DNA Fingerprinting: Overview

DNA fingerprinting is the method used to recognize and analyse the variations present in individuals of a population at the DNA level. This topic describes the various stages involved in the process of DNA fingerprinting with schematic representation.

Important Questions on DNA Fingerprinting

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Bacterial cells protect their own DNA from degradation by restriction endonucleases by

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Site in the ribosome from which the tRNA donates amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain is

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The full form of VNTR is:-

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Satellite DNA in a genome plays important role in:

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Which one of the following pairs of terms/names are the same?

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Which aspect forms the basis of DNA finger-printing ?

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In DNA fingerprinting technology, the DNA is fragmented by the enzyme

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In DNA fingerprinting, transfer of DNA strands on to the nylon membrane is called

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DNA probe is used in

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Synthetic membrane is used in Southern blotting is made from

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Which of the following technique is used in analyzing RFLP
(1) Methylation
(2) Electrophoresis
(3) Restriction digestion
(4) Lipofection

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Sequence of DNA show which kind of polymorphism

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How many base sequence in genome of two humans are same

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The technique DNA fingerprinting is used in all except

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Quick way of comparing DNA of two individual is

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Quick way of comparing DNA of two individual is

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STR belongs to which class of satellite DNA?

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The two allele of a chromosome differ in

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RFLP is useful in

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Following are the stages of DNA fingerprinting, find the correct sequence:

I. Digesting DNA by a restriction endonuclease.

II. Hybridization using a labelled VNTR probe.

III. Separation of DNA fragments by agarose gel electrophoresis.

IV. Detection of hybridized DNA fragments by autoradiography.