boots are now selling home paternity testing kits in all their stores. ks4/5 starter © snapshot...
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Boots are now selling home paternity testing kits in all their stores.
KS4/5 starter
© Snapshot Science, 2011
What are these?How do they work?
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KS4/5 Activity
1. The mother, father and child all have saliva taken from their mouth.
2. This gets sent to a laboratory where DNA profiling takes place.Click on the equipment to try it out.
3. The results are studied and the parents informed.
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KS4/5 Activity
Mother Child Father© Snapshot Science, 2011
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Family A
What do the results show?
Mother Son Daughter
Family B
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Father
What do the results show?
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