modern1950 – present
Alec Jeffreys
geneticist
Sir Alec John Jeffreys (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.
- Fields
- genetics
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Born
- 1950
Associated disciplines
Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data.Wikipedia · Wikidata (Q511916). Text under CC BY-SA. See attribution.
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