DNA finger printing

1.	a) What does DNA stand for?
	b) What are the base pairs on DNA?
	c) What does each base triplet code for?

2.	Given the data for differences in DNA amongst chimps, ancient and modern 	man, do you agree that the Neanderthal's were a separate species?

3.	a) What are the main differences between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA?
	b) What were the advantages of using mitochondrial DNA in each of
	these tests?

4.	In order to carry out successful genetic fingerprinting the amount of DNA 	available often has to be increased. Find out about the polymerise chain 		reaction needed for this.