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genetic fingerprinting

See DNA fingerprinting.

genetic fingerprinting

See DNA FINGERPRINTING.

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genetic fingerprinting

see FINGERPRINTING.

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However, the DNA analyses indicate that chipmunks living in the westernmost swath of the four-state region are more closely related than those living at eastern sites.

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DNA analyses ought to reveal whether these asphalt-dwelling organisms are genetically distinct from similar creatures found elsewhere in the Gulf's waters, says MacDonald.

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When Beheregaray and his colleagues conducted detailed DNA analyses of tortoises from these three subspecies, they unexpectedly found that the more-populous Alcedo tortoises had one-third to one-fifth the genetic diversity of the two subspecies inhabiting the island's southern shore.

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However, mitochondrial DNA analyses of living people align with the single-origin, or out-of-Africa, scenario, Stoneking says.

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New fossils add to primate-origins debate. (Fine Toothcomb)

DNA analyses, which have yet to be conducted on human bones at the Neolithic sites, will clarify the spread of agricultural groups, he adds.