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ID 15985
The first DNA fingerprint
Description:
How a DNA fingerprint like this was made.
Transcript:
Keywords:
dna fingerprint,alec jeffreys
This work by
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
.
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