DNA Fingerprinting

Your DNA is what makes you, you. It tells your cell what they are and what they are to do. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the most important part of you because it says who you are.
DNA is found in the cells of all organisms. DNA is made of subunits called nucleotides. Nucleotides are made of a sugar, a phosphate, and a base. The four bases are call adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. The amount of adenine equals the same amount of thymine. This also goes the same for cytosine and guanine. (how dna works)
Each organism is unique, that being said, this means that each organism’s DNA is unique. But all DNA works the same way. So DNA fingerprinting is a way for scientists to say whether or not you were at the scene of the crime. How, by looking at your DNA through your fingerprints. Again each organism has unique patterns that are its DNA.(DNA) (Create a fingerprint, 2000)
You get your DNA from your parents. You get 46 or 23 pairs of chromosomes. You get one pair from your mother and half from your father. Your DNA can also identify family relations or heredity diseases.


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