Question

Briefly describe the following:
Polymorphism

Answer 1

Part 1: Definition
Polymorphism refers to the allelic variation in DNA at a variou locus in human population with a frequency greater than 0.01

Part 2: Application
DNA polymorphism is the basis of DNA fingerprinting. It is a technique that allows identification of variations which are unique to each organism using a VNTR probe that shows a very high degree of polymorphism.