DNAprofilingisthelatesttechnology.ThefirsttesttoprofileDNAwastheRFLPtestthistest tookDNAsamplesandweretestedandputinalabsowhenacrimeiscommittedandhasa DNAstrand,theinvestigatorscangoafterthecriminalthatisresponsible.Thereareothertests tothesamethingorfindmissingparents.Nowthetestshaveevolvedsothattheyarevery accurate. TheRFLPtestwasstartedbyDr.AlecJeffrey.RFLPstandsforRestrictionFragmentLength Polymorphism.DrJeffreydiscoveredthatcertainareasofDNAstrandscontaindifferentpatterns thatrepeat(Rueters).Byusingthistesthewasabletoidentifyindividualsbycomparingtheir samplesofDNA.Thistestwasprovenextremelyaccurateandreliablehoweverthetestrequires alargeamountofDNAtowork.Thetestisnolongerusedbecauselaboratoriesnowusethe PolymeraseChainReactionofPCRmethod.Thismethodisusedbecauseofhowsmall amountofDNAitrequires.WellDr.Jeffery'stestisnolongerused,hestartedwhatotherpeople couldn't.HestartedDNAtestingandDNAprofiling. ALegallyAdmissiblePaternitytestdetermineswhotheparentsofaspecifiedchildare.Thistest isveryaccuratetheaverageprobabilityofpaternityis99.9%(unknown).

Todothistest,youonly needthechildandtheallegedfatherofthechildthemother'sinformationisnotnecessary,only encouraged.Herinformationreflectsthegeneticinformationthatshegavetothechild,thiscould alsobedonewiththefathersinformation.Usingsoftswabsthatarerubbedontheinsidecheek ofthemouth,theswabsarethentested.Afterthetesthasbeendonetheycanseparatethe partsoftheDNAthatthechildgotfromthemomandthepartsfromthedad. ThroughoutanyinvestigationDNAishighlyeffective.Therearesomanydifferentreasonsto useDNAtesting.Wetherittryingtosetaconvincedcriminalsfiredortryingtofindafather. WhenchallengingDNAevidencedefenseattorneysgoaftertheinvestigators.Theyattempttogo afterthepossibilitythattheevidencewastamperedwith.TheattorneysknowthatwhentheDNA testingisdonerightitis99.9%accurate.Howevereachstatehastheirownrulesregarding evidence(Rueters).IfDNAtestingisaccuratethenthereshouldbenoquestionaboutwho committedthecrimehoweverthereisalwaysroomforerror. WellDNAtestingisathingofthenowandwillstillbeforyearstocomethetestsareevolving fast.Thetesthavebesuccessfulinhelppolicestopcriminalsandaremuchmoreaccuratethan dentalrecordsorfingerprints.thetestsarealsohelpingpeoplefindrelativesandmissing parents.DNAtestsaresomethingthatwillbearoundforalongtime.

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