"DNA Fingerprinting" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A technique for identifying individuals of a species that is based on the uniqueness of their DNA sequence. Uniqueness is determined by identifying which combination of allelic variations occur in the individual at a statistically relevant number of different loci. In forensic studies, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM of multiple, highly polymorphic VNTR LOCI or MICROSATELLITE REPEAT loci are analyzed. The number of loci used for the profile depends on the ALLELE FREQUENCY in the population.
| Descriptor ID |
D016172
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.225.500.500 E05.393.290 I01.198.780.937.375
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Fingerprinting- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Fingerprintings
- Fingerprinting, DNA
- Fingerprintings, DNA
- DNA Typing
- DNA Typings
- Typing, DNA
- Typings, DNA
- DNA Profiling
- DNA Profilings
- Profiling, DNA
DNA Fingerprints- DNA Fingerprints
- DNA Fingerprint
- Fingerprint, DNA
- Fingerprints, DNA
Genetic Fingerprinting- Genetic Fingerprinting
- Fingerprinting, Genetic
- Fingerprintings, Genetic
- Genetic Fingerprintings
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "DNA Fingerprinting" by people in Profiles.
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FIGG at 5: An update on U.S. public perspectives on forensic investigative genetic genealogy five years after its introduction to criminal investigations. Forensic Sci Int. 2025 Feb; 367:112372.
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Accurate profiling of forensic autosomal STRs using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION device. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2022 01; 56:102629.
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Multi-omic molecular profiling reveals potentially targetable abnormalities shared across multiple histologies of brain metastasis. Acta Neuropathol. 2021 02; 141(2):303-321.
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Neonatal Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Meningitis Traced to Household Cats: Molecular Linkage Analysis Using Repetitive-Sequence-Based PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Jan; 54(1):230-2.
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Clonal evolution in breast cancer revealed by single nucleus genome sequencing. Nature. 2014 Aug 14; 512(7513):155-60.
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The use of DNA fingerprinting to resolve conflicting results in patients with suspected gastrointestinal malignancy. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar; 47(3):239-41.
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Clinical use of genetic typing in human lipid disorders. J Clin Lipidol. 2012 May-Jun; 6(3):199-207.
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Biochemical and genetic diversity of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli associated with diarrhea in United States students in Cuernavaca and Guadalajara, Mexico, 2004-2007. J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15; 201(12):1831-8.
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Quantitative analysis and molecular fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in different patient populations: a prospective, multicenter study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Jun; 31(6):592-7.
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Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related bacteremia in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 May; 29(5):410-4.