Who Invented DNA Fingerprinting
Who invented DNA Fingerprinting? In the early 1980’s, Alec Jeffreys developed DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester. He was studying genetic differences between individuals of various species. He was comparing the genes of seals and humans, and to his surprise, he noticed common short repeated sequences. When he looked at the human ones, he found these short repeats that were similar between parents and children. He also noted that the children’s sequences were composite of the parents. This meant that they were inherited. Jeffreys published his findings in 1985, and the genetic floodgates opened.
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