DNA fingerprinting : state of the science / edited by S.D.J. Pena [and others].

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1993], ©1993.

ix, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

"[Papers presented at] the Second International Conference on DNA Fingerprinting, which was held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in November of 1992"--Pref.

Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic aspects of DNA fingerprints: genomic organization, dynamics and variability of tandemly repeated DNA sequences -- Brief introduction to human DNA fingerprinting -- Tandemly repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes -- New methodological and technical approaches to the study of genome variation -- Application of DNA fingerprinting to the study of human populations -- New developments in the study of human genetic variability -- Population genetics of tandem repeat polymorphisms -- Paternity testing and forensic applications of tandem repeat polymorphisms -- Application of DNA fingerprinting to the study of microorganisms, plants, and animals -- Plants -- Microorganisms, parasites, and invertebrates -- Fishes and birds -- Mammals.