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genetic fingerprinting

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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geˌnetic ˈfingerprinting noun [uncountable]  HBTthe process of examining the pattern of someone’s genes, especially in order to find out if they are guilty of a crime 基因指纹分析〔尤用于犯罪鉴定〕
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genetic fingerprintingBut using the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the Cellmark laboratories in Abingdon, scientists discounted the claims the birds were sisters.
process Corpus of of the pattern the examining someone’s


genetic fingerprinting
geˌnetic ˈfingerprinting noun [uncountable]
the process of examining the pattern of someone’s genes, especially in order to find out if they are guilty of a crime


genetic fingerprintingBrE /dʒəˌnetɪk ˈfɪŋɡəprɪntɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /dʒəˌnetɪk ˈfɪŋɡərprɪntɪŋ/ 🔊 (also ˌDNA ˈfingerprinting) noun [uncountable] the method of finding the particular pattern of genes in an individual person, particularly to identify sb or find out if sb has committed a crime 基因指纹分析;遗传指纹法 genetic fingerprint BrE /dʒəˌnetɪk ˈfɪŋɡəprɪnt/ 🔊NAmE /dʒəˌnetɪk ˈfɪŋɡərprɪnt/ 🔊 noun