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DNA Fingerprinting

British geneticist Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, is widely considered the founder of forensic genetics. In honour of Alec Jeffreys' extensive career and his retirement in 2012, Investigative Genetics has published a special series on DNA fingerprinting. You can also listen to our interview podcast with Alec Jeffreys, where he discusses DNA fingerprinting and its impact on society. If you would like your manuscript to be considered as part of the DNA fingerprinting thematic series, please submit thorugh our website and mention this in your cover letter.

Prof Bruce Budowle, Prof Manfred Kayser, Prof Antti Sajantila

  1. In 1962, Thomas Kuhn famously argued that the progress of scientific knowledge results from periodic ‘paradigm shifts’ during a period of crisis in which new ideas dramatically change the status quo. Although thi...

    Authors: Geoffrey K Chambers, Caitlin Curtis, Craig D Millar, Leon Huynen and David M Lambert
    Citation: Investigative Genetics 2014 5:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Almost three decades ago Alec Jeffreys published his seminal Nature papers on the use of minisatellite probes for DNA fingerprinting of humans (Jeffreys and colleagues Nature 1985, 314:67–73 and Nature 1985, 316:...

    Authors: Hilde Nybom, Kurt Weising and Björn Rotter
    Citation: Investigative Genetics 2014 5:1
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  4. DNA fingerprinting, one of the great discoveries of the late 20th century, has revolutionized forensic investigations. This review briefly recapitulates 30 years of progress in forensic DNA analysis which help...

    Authors: Lutz Roewer
    Citation: Investigative Genetics 2013 4:22
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  8. The generation of short tandem repeat profiles, also referred to as ‘DNA typing,’ is not currently performed outside the laboratory because the process requires highly skilled technical operators and a control...

    Authors: Eugene Tan, Rosemary S Turingan, Catherine Hogan, Sameer Vasantgadkar, Luke Palombo, James W Schumm and Richard F Selden
    Citation: Investigative Genetics 2013 4:16
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