genetische Fingerabdrucke/sinnleeren Abschnitten

English translation: genetic fingerprints

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German term or phrase:genetische Fingerabdrucke
English translation:genetic fingerprints
Entered by: Brigitte Gendebien

13:13 Mar 1, 2002
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Medical - Genetics / genomes
German term or phrase: genetische Fingerabdrucke/sinnleeren Abschnitten
Wenn das Bundeskriminalamt Fingerabdrucke sammelt, dann muss diese abdrucke von den sinnleeren Abschnitten stammen
mclawlor
genetic fingerprints / nonsense strands
Explanation:
DNA typing (genetic fingerprints of non-coding DNA)
DNA-Typisierung (Genetische Fingerabdrücke von Nicht-Gen-Abschnitten der DNA)
http://www.benecke.com/dna.html

Non-coding strand refers to the so-called nonsense strand,
as opposed to the sense strand which is actually translated into mRNA
www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/dict2.cgi?4518
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Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
Local time: 02:38
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2genetic fingerprints / extrons
Dr Janine Manuel BSc BHB MBChB
5 +1genetic fingerprints / nonsense strands
Brigitte Gendebien
5genetic fingerprints/introns
Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
4genetic fingerprints / blind segments
Marcus Malabad


  

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genetic fingerprints / blind segments


Explanation:
When the Federal Criminal Office collects [genetic] fingerprints, then they should come from the blind segments.


    Reference: http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Biology/0107/b00976d.h...
    Reference: http://whyfiles.org/014forensic/genetic_foren.html
Marcus Malabad
Canada
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genetic fingerprints / nonsense strands


Explanation:
DNA typing (genetic fingerprints of non-coding DNA)
DNA-Typisierung (Genetische Fingerabdrücke von Nicht-Gen-Abschnitten der DNA)
http://www.benecke.com/dna.html

Non-coding strand refers to the so-called nonsense strand,
as opposed to the sense strand which is actually translated into mRNA
www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/dict2.cgi?4518


    Reference: http://www.zeit.de/2001/08/Wissen/200108_genom_editorial.htm...
    biotech-adventure.okstate.edu/low/basics/Rna/4-processing/
Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
Local time: 02:38
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agree  brute (X)
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genetic fingerprints / extrons


Explanation:
extron is the word for that part of the DNA which does not carry genetically revelant material= sinnleer

When the Federal Crime Office collects fingerprints, these must be derived from extrons

Dr Janine Manuel BSc BHB MBChB
New Zealand
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Barbara Schulten, MSc (OXON), DPSI
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agree  ingot
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genetic fingerprints/introns


Explanation:
I beg to differ with Janine but junk parts of the dna strand are called introns. See the reference:


    Reference: http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/biogloss/intron-body.html
Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
Germany
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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