Definitions for "DNA fingerprint"
biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
A pattern generated during laboratory analysis of DNA that is unique to an individual human, with the exception of identical twins.
The largely individual-specific autoradiographic banding pattern produced when DNA is digested with a restriction enzyme that cuts outside a family of VNTRs and a Southern blot of the electrophoretic gel is probed with a VNTR-specific probe.