title: [Point about DNA profiling: technologies, applications, and legislation].
abstract: Molecular biology progress in DNA fingerprinting has revolutionized forensic science. It's a reliable tool to identify an individual; it provides a true "genetic identity card". It's based of the concept that no two individuals can have an identical DNA pattern except identical twins. This article is a clarification on current technologies used in DNA profiling, their applications and its legislation, according a special place to the national databases (FNAEG), which is in great development for the moment.
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, 6, rue Alexandre-Cabanel, 75739 Paris cedex 15, France. audreylupo@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansuet-Lupo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouger
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Huffel
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods; D010375:Pedigree; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012730:Sex Chromosomes
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers