I need 10 uses of DNA fingerprinting. Can anyone help me?
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Uses of DNA Fingerprints\n^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^\nDNA fingerprints are useful in several areas of society. They are used by professionals in human health and the justice system. \n\n-Diagnosis of inherited disorders \n\nDNA fingerprinting is used to diagnose inherited disorders in both prenatal and newborn babies in hospitals around the world. These disorders may include cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Huntington's disease, familial Alzheimer's, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and many others. \n\nEarly detection of such disorders enables the medical staff to prepare themselves and the parents for proper treatment of the child. In some programs, genetic counselors use DNA fingerprint information to help prospective parents understand the risk of having an affected child. In other programs, prospective parents use DNA fingerprint information in their decisions concerning affected pregnancies. \n\n-Developing cures for inherited disorders \n\nResearch programs to locate inherited disorders on the chromosomes depend on the information contained in DNA fingerprints. By studying the DNA fingerprints of relatives who have a history of some particular disorder, or by comparing large groups of people with and without the disorder, it is possible to identify DNA patterns associated with the disease in question. This work is a necessary first step in designing an eventual genetic cure for these disorders. \n\n-Biological Evidence \n\nFBI and police labs around the U.S. have begun to use DNA fingerprints to link suspects to biological evidence -- blood or semen stains, hair, or items of clothing -- found at the scene of a crime. Since 1987, more than 150 cases have been decided with the assistance of DNA fingerprint evidence. \n\nAnother important use of DNA fingerprints in the court system is to establish paternity in custody and child support litigation. In these applications, DNA fingerprints bring an unprecedented, nearly perfect accuracy to the determination. \n\n-Personal identification \n\nBecause every organ or tissue of an individual contains the same DNA fingerprint, the U.S. armed services have just begun a program to collect DNA fingerprints from all personnel for use later, in case they are needed to identify casualties or persons missing in action. The DNA method will be far superior to the dogtags, dental records, and blood typing strategies currently in use.
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as far as i know its used for DNA figerprinting in electophoresis (i didnt spell that right).  basically you use a gel like substance, put DNA fragments in it (mixed w. dye) and put this in a solution and hook the one end of the whole device to a negative battery side or something and the other end to a positive side and the DNA fragments will seperate and u can use it to match up DNA samples w. people etc.
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looking for relatives via DNA
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I dont know if this is it, but go here at: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/pro_DNA/ster_horm_rec/
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go to MAURY POVICH and get a DNA TEST, to be for sure
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Best possible advice: find out personally:\n\nhttp://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/security.htm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1087193\n\n\nthis should answer all your questions, hope it helps
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Fingerprints, DNA and other individual characteristics are unique to the individual. The police use these identifying characterisitics to match particular evidence found in a crime scene to an individual. Fingerprints for example are matched on 6-10 points of identification/reference leaving no room for doubt that the match is at least 99.9%.
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When DNA fingerprinting first began, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis was used, though it has been almost completely replaced with newer techniques. RFLP analysis is performed by using a restriction enzyme to cut the DNA into fragments which are separated into bands during agarose gel electrophoresis. Next, the bands of DNA are transferred via a technique called Southern blotting from the agarose gel to a nylon membrane. This is treated with a radioactively-labelled DNA probe which binds to certain specific DNA sequences on the membrane. The excess DNA probe is then washed off. An X-ray film placed next to the nylon membrane detects the radioactive pattern. This film is then developed to make a visible pattern of bands called DNA fingerprinting. By using multiple probes targeting various polymorphisms in successive X-ray images, a fairly high degree of discrimination was possible. The primary drawback of RFLP is that the exact sizes of the bands are unknown and comparison to a molecular weight ladder is done in a purely qualitative manner. Many labs developed policies that described what they considered a unique band, but it was not standardized and led to DNA fingerprinting coming under harsh attack in People v. Castro 545 N.Y.S. 2d. 985 (Sup. Ct. 1989). RFLP was a very time consuming method which required relatively high quantity of good quality DNA to be used (such as a dime sized blood drop). This made typing degraded samples such as those from evidence that had been exposed to the elements fairly difficult.
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try these sites\nwww.anywho.com\nwww.411.com\nwww.whitepages.com\nwww.myzabasearch.com
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Every person in the world has unique genetic code.  This code is present in all cells.  So if criminals are arrested and their genetic fingerprints put on record, then if they commit another crime, they can be identified by any blood, saliva, etc. that they leave behind.  That way, we're not limited by needing to get an actual thumbprint on the scene of the crime - any bodily fluid or tissue will do.  And the genetic match, if done right, is extremely accurate.
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High-throughput DNA Isolation Protocol \n\nCTAB Method \n\n1.      Add 80 ul 2-mercaptoethanol to 40 ml CTAB buffer (see recipe below) right before use (0.2%) and mix. \n\n2.      Preheat CTAB DNA isolation buffer to 65°C in a water bath. \n\n3.      Grind freeze-dried leaf tissue (~100mg) in a Mixer Mill for 3-5 min at 30 time/sec with one 3mm steel bead in a 1.1 ml  tube strip from Qiagen\n\n4.      Carefully pour beads out of tubes and add 300 ul CTAB buffer into each tube with a multi-channel pipette (if a plate is used, you can leave beads in until the end of work)\n\n5.      Cap the tube strips and label each strip, caps and rack, incubate the samples in 65 °C water bath for 60-80 min, use shipping tape to secure the rack and lid to prevent caps from openning up while inverting the rack to mix samples.\n\n6.      Mix samples every 15 min by inverting rack 5-10 times to make sure plant tissue mixes well with the buffer. Watch for sample leaking from caps. \n\n7.      Take samples out of water bath, briefly spin sample box in a centrifuge for 1 min at 1500 rpm (balance box weight before spinning), separate caps from tube and put the cap strips on clean paper and arrange them in order so that they can be reused. \n\n8.      Add 300 Chl/IAA (25:1) into each tube with a multi-channel pipette, cap tube with original cap strips, put a plastic board between tube cap and rack lid to make sure every strip cap gets the same pressure from the lid, cover the box with lid, secure the lid with shipping tape. Mix the samples by inverting the box slowly for 15 min (Chloroform can create pressure and cause leaks of chloroform, so the tubes have to be tightly capped).\n\n9.      Centrifuge at 5,700 rpm  for 10 min. \n\n10.  Transfer the aqueous phase using a wide-bore pipette tip (about 200ul) into a labeled clean plate (650 ul plate), add 150 ul of cold isopropanol (-20 °C), securely cover the plate with a plate cover (or cap strips) and mix gently by inverting the plate several times to precipitate DNA. \n\n11.  Recover the DNA by centrifuging at 5,700 rpm (6100g) for 10 min. Discard the supernatant immediately by suddenly inverting the plate and dry it briefly on several layers of paper towels by briefly touching the plate on paper towels two to three times on different positions of towel to remove excess liquid. This step should be very quick (a few seconds). Then turn the plate back upright and air-dry samples to remove excess liquid for ~10 min.\n\n12.  Add 500 ul of 70% Ethanol directly to the pellet, cover the plate, and invert it gently several times to wash  for 5 min. \n\n13.  Centrifuge at 5,700 rpm for 8 min, and quickly discard wash buffer as described previously (check DNA pellet in each well to make sure DNA stayed in the bottoms of wells\n\n14.  Air-dry DNA pellet at room temperature for ~20 mins to remove excess liquid.\n\n15.  Re-suspend the DNA pellet in 200 u1 of ddH2O and leave it at 4°C overnight \n\n16.  DNA concentration will be ~100ng /ul and can be determined using either an agarose gel or a spectrophotometer. \n\n \n\n                                                                            CTAB  DNA Isolation Buffer (500 ml) \n\n \n\n2% (w/v) CTAB (sigma)\n 10.0 g\n \n1.4M NaCI\n 40.91 g\n \n20 mM EDTA\n 20 m1 of 0.5 M EDTA \n \n100 mM Tris. HCI (pH 8.0)\n 50 ml of 1.0 M\n \nAdd ddH2O to make a final volume of 500 ml \n \n\n \n\nSDS Method \n\n1.      1-2 young leaves (~100mg) are placed in a labeled 1.1-ml collection tube or in a plate well, freeze-dried, and ground for 3-5 min at 30x/sec to a fine powder using a Mixer Mill and one 3-4mm steel bead in each well. (To isolate DNA from dry seeds, half to 3 seeds are wrapped with a weighing paper, crushed with pliers, placed in a col1ection tube or   in a deep-well plate ).\n\n2.      Preheat extraction buffer to 65°C in a water bath. (If the tissue samples are stored at -20°C, allow them to warm up to room temperature).\n\n3.      Add 0.2% (v/v) ß-mercap
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try:\n\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/
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5% according to MSN Encarta\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/media_461551519/Types_of_Fingerprints.html
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Aint no such thing as dna fingerprints....There is dna forensic testing and fingerprint analysis....
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In real world, mostly you need DNA for assorted tests (excluding science, where you need to extract DNA for thousands of reasons). Two major examples:\n\n1. Human genetic tests - paternity tests, screening for genetic diseases, identification of remains, matching samples from crime scenes and so on. \nIn some of the cases, you can do it without extracting DNA (for example, boil some blood to release DNA), but in working with remains you do need to get DNA from the bones.\n\n2. Species identification: even though it is done mostly by antibodies, you can do DNA tests on e.g. fish to see if protected species are sold on the market (great white shark fins sold on Asian markets were identified by DNA testing).\n\n* To clone an animal, you shouldn't extract DNA. You use a whole nucleus from adult cell, DNA, proteins and all, and transfer it into the egg.\n\nHowever, if you count genetic engineering as a real world application, you can add that too. And genome mapping, and all the rest of scientific applications.
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That is why "W" wants bio/digital ID's for "guest" workers.  The US embassies, abroad, are already using digital fingerprinting/DNA coding for applications for visas.  The technology is there, the cost is NOT that high.  Of course, under Slick Willie, we would ALL be required to carry them.