Question : The following diagrams are the DNA fingerprints of a child and suspected persons as the father of the child. a. Who do you think is the father? b. How can you identify the father? c. Write the principle used behind this.

Question : The following diagrams are the DNA fingerprints of a child

1.	Question : The following diagrams are the DNA fingerprints of a child and suspected persons as the father of the child. a. Who do you think is the father? b. How can you identify the father? c. Write the principle used behind this.
Answer» Solution :a. C - may be the true FATHER, b. The bands presented is the FINGERPRINTS match between child and person C. It denotes that hereditary materials are more or less common in these two bands. Usually a child acquires 50% of hereditary material from his father. So .C. may be the true father of the child. c. Principle behind it is Variable Number Tandem REPEATS (VNTR).