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Wikipedia: Alec Jeffreys

Encyclopedia Article

The encyclopedia article on Alec Jeffreys, born 1950, inventor of genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source.
Citation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Jeffreys
Source Type
Encyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Alec Jeffreys
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)

This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminologists and Reformers, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Forensic Disciplines and Methods, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

12

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

Holds

2

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

General References

3

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

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