DNA fingerprint

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Food Biotechnology

The unique pattern of DNA fragments identified by Southern hybridization (using a probe that binds to a polymorphic region of DNA) or by polymerase chain reaction (using primers flanking the polymorphic region).

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A description of the genotype of an individual from the pattern of DNA fragments obtained from DNA fingerprinting. Synonym: DNA profile.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture