NEET Previous Year Question
What is it that forms the basis of DNA Fingerprinting?
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: B. Full step-by-step solution below.
- AThe relative amount of DNA in the ridges and grooves of the fingerprints.
- BSatellite DNA occurring as highly repeated short DNA segments
- CThe relative proportions of purines and pyrimidines in DNA
- DThe relative difference in the DNA occurence in blood, skin and saliva
Correct answer: B
Solution
(b) DNA fingerprinting is based on satellite DNA (VNTRs), which are highly repeated short DNA sequences.More Molecular Basis of Inheritance PYQs
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