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DNA FINGERPRINTING AND ITS USE IN CRIME DETECTION Several early civilizations were conscious of the distinctive nature of ridges and furrows on the tips of fingers. In 1858, William Herschel (an English civil servant) maintained that no two person's fingerprints are the identical, and they do not alter with age. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing was initially used in the late 1970s to identify differences in blood levels in conjunction with blood diseases. In the mid-1980s the analysis advanced and was used to determine paternity. In 1984, a geneticist, Dr Jeffreys, created the set phrase "DNA fingerprints," and he explored the use of DNA testing in criminal investigations. He was able to create DNA profiles from body fluids, flesh skin and hair roots, by corresponding the genetic information from a forensic sample with a suspect. The widespread process of taking a suspect's fingerprints is called ink and roll. This is where...

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