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Questions Related to dna fingerprinting

DNA finger printing technique was developed by

  1. Jeffreys et al

  2. Schleiden and Schwann

  3. Boysen and Jensen

  4. Edwards and Steptoe


Correct Option: A

Matching DNA sequence of criminal with suspect is known as

  1. DNA finger printing

  2. DNA amplification

  3. Gene mapping

  4. DNA resolution


Correct Option: A

One of the following is major requirement for DNA finger printing

  1. Electron microscopy

  2. Electrophoresis

  3. ELISA

  4. HPLC


Correct Option: B

Pairing of DNA fragments is

  1. Staggering

  2. Annealing

  3. Augmenting

  4. Fragmenting


Correct Option: B

Which is not an application of DNA finger printing

  1. Solving immigration cases

  2. Solving parternity cases

  3. Curing SCID

  4. Identifying gene mutation


Correct Option: C

DNA finger printing requires

  1. Restriction endonuclease

  2. Taq polymerase

  3. Oligonucleotide primers

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

Which is useful in solving parental disputes 

  1. Hybridoma technology

  2. DNA finger printing

  3. Western blotting

  4. ELISA


Correct Option: B

DNA finger printing in forensic science was pioneered in India by

  1. Lalji

  2. Khorana

  3. Bose

  4. Swaminathan


Correct Option: A

Some steps of DNA finger printing are given below. Identify the correct sequence from options given
a) Electrophoresis of DNA fragments
b) Hybridisation with DNA probe
c) Digestion of DNA by RENs
d) Autoradiography
e) Blotting of DNA fragments to nitrocellulose membrane

  1. c-a-e- b-d

  2. a-c- e - d-b

  3. c-a-b- e-d

  4. a-e-c-b-d


Correct Option: A

In DNA finger printing, the process of DNA hybridisation with the help of specific DNA probe is called

  1. Western blotting

  2. Northern blotting

  3. Southern blotting

  4. All the above


Correct Option: C