AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    In DNA fingerprinting, the process of DNA hybridisation with the help of specific DNA probe is described as

    A)  Western blotting            

    B)  Northern blotting

    C)  Southern blotting          

    D)  All of the above

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    Edward Southern in 1975 first developed the technique Southern blotting. It is used in DNA fingerprinting. The probes or markers that are radioactive synthetic DNA segments target a specific nucleotide sequence which is complementary to VNTRs sequences and hybridises them.


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