Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
genetic fingerprinting
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But using the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the Cellmark laboratories in Abingdon, scientists discounted the claims the birds were sisters.
Wiktionary
genetic fingerprinting
n. The forensic analysis of genetic information from a biological sample as an aid to identification.
WordNet
genetic fingerprinting
n. the procedure of analyzing the DNA in samples of a person's body tissue or body fluid for the purpose of identification [syn: genetic profiling]
Usage examples of "genetic fingerprinting".
His father had been doing clever things with genetic fingerprinting and other scientific oddities as long as he could remember and no one had taken any notice.
Also called genetic typing, or-erroneously- DNA fingerprinting or genetic fingerprinting.