genetic fingerprinting

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A 23-meter-long sailboat set off last week from Argentina for Antarctica’s Weddell Sea with eight scientists, lots of cloacal swabs, and a genetic fingerprinting machine aboard.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2024

The cases were linked through genetic fingerprinting, which indicates they likely have a common source of infection.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Thanks to advances in chemical and genetic fingerprinting, it is now possible to determine where a tree grew — sometimes down to a particular patch of forest.

From Nature • Apr. 2, 2019

Ultimately, detailed genetic fingerprinting pinpointed their sources as the dwarf tapeworm, whose scientific name is Hymenolepis nana.

From US News • Nov. 4, 2015

Then the agency analyzed the products using DNA bar coding, a type of genetic fingerprinting that the agency has used to root out labeling fraud in the seafood industry.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015