Question

What are the disadvantages of DNA fingerprinting?

Answer 1

DNA fingerprinting:

1. DNA fingerprinting is primarily a laboratory technique used to determine a person's potential identity based on the nucleotide sequences of specific regions of human DNA that are unique to individuals.

The disadvantages of DNA fingerprinting are as follows:

1. DNA fingerprinting is commonly found to violate a person's privacy.
2. It is used to falsely blame innocent people.
3. It is a complicated and tedious process, at times giving results that are hard to interpret.
4. Problems with data security in DNA fingerprinting also create problems for additional storage and privacy.
5. DNA fingerprinting relies primarily on human accuracy.
6. DNA samples can be ruined easily in the process causing samples to be useless to test