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The DNA fingerprint of the father is compared with that of the child. If he is the true father, half of the bands on the child's DNA fingerprint will match with the father's, because the father provides half of the child's DNA.

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Q: How can DNA fingerprinting establish paternity?
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Do you have to prove your paternity through DNA testing if you were not married to the child's mother?

Generally yes, if you wish to establish paternity and your paternity rights.Generally yes, if you wish to establish paternity and your paternity rights.Generally yes, if you wish to establish paternity and your paternity rights.Generally yes, if you wish to establish paternity and your paternity rights.


How do you establish paternity?

Only definitive way is by DNA sequencing.


What checks DNA for error?

DNA fingerprinting


Analysis of fragments of DNA as a form of identification?

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How did paternity testing start?

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, (born in 1950 in Oxford) is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA genome sequencing. This led to tests for testing paternity.


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Can a woman refuse DNA on her child in court if the alleged father is in jail?

No, as it's required to establish paternity.


Can paternity be determined if you only have DNA from mother and child?

Not really, otherwise it will called as maternity test. You need to have sample from alleged father to establish paternity relation.


The children's father is not listed on their birth certificates. What parental rights does he have in Pennsylvania?

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Explain how a DNA fingerprinting produced?

In DNA fingerprinting, enzymes are used to cut the DNA in the smaple found at the crime scence


Do you think DNA fingerprinting is good evidence for solving crimes. why or why not?

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Why is DNA fingerprinting unreliable?

DNA fingerprinting is not as reliable as regular DNA profiling. Statistics show that about one out every 800,000 people have the same DNA fingerprint.