NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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Sir Alec Guinness
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Sir Alec Baldwin
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Sir Alec Jeffreys
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Sir Smart Alec
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1984, Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting in a laboratory in the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Alec John Jeffreys, CH FRS MAE (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Jeffreys discovered that repetitive patterns of DNA, known as Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTRs), were present in all human beings but they varied in length for each individual. He said that this variation could be used to establish the identity of a person and he named his technique genetic fingerprinting.