British geneticist who developed genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling, techniques now used worldwide in forensic science to identify individuals and resolve questions of parentage. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountOxford, Oxfordshire, England 1 Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDeveloped genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling, now used worldwide in forensic science. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountGenetic (DNA) fingerprinting (1984) 1 RoleSourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Alec Jeffreys, who developed DNA profiling only a few years earlier, is the technique's originator applied in this case.
Source Wikipedia: Colin Pitchfork
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Source Wikipedia: Alec Jeffreys
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Source Wikipedia: Alec JeffreysLead paragraphtier 3Quote, Lead paragraph
a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic
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1. Wikipedia: Alec Jeffreys
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
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in 1984 he discovered a method of showing variations between individuals' DNA, inventing and developing genetic fingerprinting
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a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic
- Disciplines Pioneered: DNA Profiling
View the Source2. Wikidata: Alec Jeffreys
Wikidata Q511916, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: Colin Pitchfork
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