How does DNA fingerprinting work with respect to separating the alleles?

Subject: How does DNA fingerprinting work with respect to separating the alleles?

Date: Wed Nov 14 17:29:41 2001
Posted by Karen
Grade level: teacher/prof School: York University
City: Toronto State/Province: Ontario Country: Canada
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1005776981.Ge

Message:


Let me clarify my question by using a bit more detail.  What I am wondering is 
if the restriction enzymes used in DNA fingerprinting are specially chosen so 
as to cleave the chromosome with repsect to the different alleles that it 
contains?  I am a student teacher, who is teaching genetics to my high school 
students and I am trying to piece together what I know about genetics into a 
coherent whole with regards to DNA extraction and how this relates with respect 
to chromosomes, as well as to DNA fingerprinting.

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