Which of the Following Is Currently Used by the U

question 78

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is currently used by the U.S. Department of Justice as a form of genetic "fingerprints" of criminals?

• A)the number of introns in a chromosome
• B)the genes responsible for producing the unique patterns of swirls and loops on a person's fingers
• C)restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs)
• D)single tandem repeats (STRs)
• E)plasmids

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