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1944 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 156 691 The key rôle of the desoxyribose type of these substances in the reproduction of inheritable characteristics has been emphasized by the identification of desoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) as a major component of chromosomal nucleoprotein.

1951 Lancet 16 June 1287/1 In normal animal and plant cells deoxyribonucleic acid (D.N.A.) is located entirely within the nucleus.

1955 New Biol. 19 9 DNA molecules are chains which can be broken down into nucleotides. Each nucleotide molecule can be broken down by hydrolysis into a molecule of phosphoric acid, one of desoxyribose (a five carbon sugar) and one of a purine (adenine or guanine) or of a pyrimidine (thymine, cytosine or 5-methyl cytosine, but in some phages thymine or 5-hydroxy-methyl-cytosine).

1955 Sci. Amer. Oct. 70/3 The chromosomes are made largely of DNA (desoxyribonucleic acid). DNA can exist in a great multitude of forms, all built of the same building blocks but with the units arranged in different sequences. The hereditary information carried by a DNA molecule is contained in the order of arrangement of these units.

1962 A. Huxley Let. 26 Dec. (1969) 945 He talked such nonsense..about true intelligence residing only in the DNA molecule.

1970 Nature 5 Sept. 998/2 Demolition of the hallowed idea of the molecular biologist that RNA cannot synthesize DNA has prompted a reinvestigation of other ideas.

1969 Jrnl. Molecular Biol. 43 611 In the DNA fingerprints, however, every spot consisted of a mixture of several isomers.

1978 Chromosoma 66 9 That they were related but not identical was deduced from DNA ‘fingerprint’ studies.

1988 Mouse News Let. Nov. 124 Inbred strains of mice have less complex DNA fingerprints than wild mice.

1995 Daily Express 17 Mar. 17/3 Each suspect's sample will be checked against ‘DNA fingerprints’ left behind during every outstanding crime in the country.

1980 Jrnl. Pediatrics 97 92/2 The technique used for viral DNA fingerprinting has been described previously.

1985 Sci. News 21 Dec. 39 It is envisaged that DNA fingerprinting will revolutionize forensic biology particularly with regard to the identification of rape suspects.

1989 E. Lawrence Guide Mod. Biol. iv. 115 The general technique of restriction analysis has been exploited to develop a method of DNA fingerprinting by which any individual can be unambiguously identified from his or her DNA.

1989 NERC News 8 13 By applying DNA fingerprinting to whales it is possible to unravel some of the mysteries of their behaviour.

1992 N.Y. Times 18 Feb. c10/5 The researchers hope soon to begin doing DNA fingerprinting on the dolphins to determine family trees.

1971 Arch. f. Mikrobiol. LXXVIII. 252 (title) DNA profile of the spore of Blastocladiella emersonii.

1976 Acta Path. et Microbiol. Scand. A. 84 461/2 In all cases of malignant tumour, the DNA profile was abnormal.

1988 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 4/8 Mr Gale says that it would not be difficult for everyone's DNA profile to be put on their medical record.

1992 Police Rev. 17 Jan. 100/2 Mr Williams was eliminated from the inquiry, but his DNA profile was stored on a database.

1988 Evidence: Blood Group Tests, DNA Tests & related matters (Scottish Law Commission Discussion paper no. 80) iii. 32 The court should have power to order samples of blood or other matter to be taken from a person's body for the purpose of blood group tests, DNA profiling or other procedures.

1990 Sci. Amer. May 18/3 DNA profiling, a recent technique that in theory can identify an individual from his or her DNA with a high degree of certainty.