-DNA profiling (also called DNA testing, DNA typing or genetic fingerprinting) is a technique employed by forensic scientist to assist in the identification of individuals by their respective DNA profiles.
-DNA profiles are encrypted sets of numbers that reflects a person’s DNA makeup, which can also be used as the person’s identifier.
-It is used in, for example, parental testing and criminal investigation
-Although 99.9% of human DNA sequences are the same in every person,enough of the DNA is different to distinguish one individual from another unless they are monozyotic twins.
-The DNA profiling technique was first reported in 1984 by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the university of Leicester in England ,and is now the basic of several national DNA data base.
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