title: Principles and recent advances in human DNA fingerprinting.
abstract: Since 1985, DNA typing systems have played an increasingly important role in many aspects of human genetics, most notably in forensic and legal medicine. This article reviews the development of multilocus and single locus minisatellite DNA probes, and more recently the use of PCR to amplify hypervariable DNA loci, as well as discussing the biological properties of the unstable regions of DNA which form the basis of almost all DNA fingerprinting systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Great Britain.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jeffreys
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Royle
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Armour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collick
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crosier
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite