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DNA

DNA

Definition:

Short for Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid, DNA is known as the 'building blocks' of all life. DNA is found in every human cell and is organized into chromsome pairs (one from the mother and one from the father of a child). By measuring DNA passed from father and mother to child, DNA paternity testing can identify a child's biological father.

see also: allele, chromosome, gene, locus, PCR, STR