DNA fingerprinting — Genetics Unzipped transcripts

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All tagged DNA fingerprinting

Mar 26

Mar 26 The accidental discovery of DNA fingerprinting

100 Ideas, History of genetics, Genetic testing

At 9.05am on the morning of 10th September 1984, Alec Jeffreys developed the X-ray film that revealed the first genetic fingerprint - a discovery that changed the world.