genetic fingerprinting
noun [U]Definition
› the process of recording and/or examining a person's pattern of genes, often to prove that they did or did not commit a crimeScientific techniquesGeneticsInnate and congenitalRelating to detection and solving crimes
(Definition of genetic fingerprinting noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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