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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The identification and documentation of the structure of certain regions of a given DNA molecule, used to determine the source of a DNA sample, to determine a child's paternity, to diagnose genetic disorders, or to incriminate or exonerate suspects of a crime.
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