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DNA probes are used to detect the presence of nucleic acid sequences in DNA samples by hybridisation.

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random

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same

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C

complementary

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Solution

The correct option is C complementary
Probes are complementary to the targetted gene of interest and also flouroscently labelled so that the gene of interest can be identified.

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