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What is it that forms the basis of DNA fingerprinting ?

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

B

Setellite DNA occuring as highly repeated short DNA segments

C

The relative proportions of purines and pyrimidines in DNA

D

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

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