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...
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British police drama television series which tells the true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its introductory use by Detective...
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Forensic DNA analysis was first used in 1984. It was developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys, who realized that variation in the genetic sequence could be used to...
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palm and ear prints could also assist in the identification process. Alec Jeffreys was the first forensic scientist to use DNA analysis for the purpose...
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Discs with Alec Jeffreys". Desert Island Discs. 2007-12-09. BBC. Radio 4. Newton G (2004-02-04). "Discovering DNA fingerprinting: Sir Alec Jeffreys describes...
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second season of The Village in Derbyshire. Later that year, Simm played Alec Jeffreys, the man who discovered DNA fingerprinting, in Code of a Killer, a two-part...
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Rockefeller University in the United States in 1981. British geneticist Sir Alec Jeffreys independently developed a process for DNA profiling in 1984 while working...
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Jeffreys is a surname that may refer to the following notable people: Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting...
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efforts to conduct objective, scientific investigations. Professor Alec Jeffreys, the forensic scientist who invented DNA fingerprinting in 1984, initially...
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people. DNA profiling was developed in 1984 by British geneticist Sir Alec Jeffreys, and first used in forensic science to convict Colin Pitchfork in the...
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at Carr Gate, Wakefield at Junction 41 of the M1 motorway. The Sir Alec Jeffreys Building in the Calder Park Business Estate (at Junction 39 of the M1...
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Hoare, chemist George Radda, economist Catherine Tucker, geneticist Alec Jeffreys and cryptographer Artur Ekert. Frederick Soddy, awarded the Nobel Prize...
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Director since 1994 of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre Sir Alec Jeffreys FRS, discoverer of DNA fingerprinting (last two years at the comprehensive)...
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people Alec James (cricketer) (1889–1961), Welsh cricketer Alec Jason (1911–2000), English actor Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British geneticist Alec Jenkins...
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Dawn Ashworth is killed three years later. They enlist the help of Dr. Alec Jeffreys, a molecular biologist who uses his breakthrough technique of genetic...
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and "in tracing migration patterns by using genetics." Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, was on her PhD supervisory panel...
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fingerprinting were invented and developed at Leicester in 1984 by Sir Alec Jeffreys. It also houses Europe's biggest academic centre for space research...
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and the creation of DNA profiling. It starred John Simm as researcher Alec Jeffreys and David Threlfall as David Baker, the lead police detective. Pitchfork...
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than one episode), including Henry Lee, Cyril Wecht, William M. Bass, Alec Jeffreys, Skip Palenik, and Richard Souviron.[citation needed] For the dramatic...
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Director 82 33-(348) Dame Evelyn Glennie CH, DBE Musician 59 34-(349) Sir Alec Jeffreys CH, FRS, MAE Geneticist 75 35-(353) Sir Mark Elder CH, CBE Conductor...
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have belonged to victim Catherine Eddowes, but experts—including Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of genetic fingerprinting—dismissed the DNA-based claims...
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singer John Hegley, poet Hilda Hewlett, UK's first licensed woman pilot Alec Jeffreys, geneticist Sarfraz Manzoor, author and columnist, The Guardian Eric...
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frequency of only one in 290,000 worldwide. However, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys and others pointed out this was in fact an error in nomenclature for...
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2003 (2003): No award 2001 (2001): Karl H. Norris [Wikidata] 1999 (1999): Alec Jeffreys List of chemistry awards Sir George Stokes Medal Rules, RSC, retrieved...
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Leicester, home of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys in 1984, has a double reason for celebrating its prestigious Department...
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Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys has revolutionized the field of forensic science and methods of defining family relationships." Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys was awarded...
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Attenborough of Kingston upon Thames: 30 November 1989. Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys: 26 November 1992. Gary Lineker: 26 November 1992. Frank Ephraim May:...
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a climbing wall facility, installed in 2010. In November 2014, Sir Alec Jeffreys officially opened the school's new science centre which, along with...
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Medicine in 1929 Christiaan Eijkman, inventor of DNA fingerprinting Alec Jeffreys, physician and one of the founding fathers of gynecology in the Netherlands...
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US molecular plant biologist in Australia, reporter gene system GUS Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British geneticist, developed DNA fingerprinting and DNA...
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