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What is it that forms the basis of DNA Fingerprinting

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The relative proportions of purines and pyrimidines in DNA

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The relative difference in the DNA occurrence in blood, skin and saliva

C

The relative amount of DNA in the ridges and grooves of the fingerprints

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Satellite DNA occurring as highly repeated short DNA segments

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d) VNTR (Variable Number of Tandon Repeats)-Type of satellite DNA) is basis of DNA finger printing.
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