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  • noun Acronym of restriction fragment length polymorphism. See riflip.

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Examples

  • The original means of performing the exams was referred to as RFLP, for restriction fragment length polymorphism.

    The Dead House Linda Fairstein 2001

  • 6110 RFLP, which is estimated to have a half life of about 3.5 years

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Judith R. Glynn et al. 2010

  • According to Harmon, about 70 percent of the blood was tested using PCR, which requires smaller samples but is considered less definitive than RFLP.

    Let The Dna Wars Begin 2008

  • Evolutionary relationships among hares from north Africa (Lepus sp. or Lepus spp.), cape hares (L. capensis) from South Africa, and brown hares (L. europaeus), as inferred from mtDNA PCR-RFLP and allozyme data.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The jury will get a bewildering lesson in two types of DNA testing: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP).

    Let The Dna Wars Begin 2008

  • Indeed, even before the report by Botstein and his colleagues, Kan and colleagues (Kan & Dozy 1978, Kan et al 1980) were able to show how RFLP analysis could be used for the prenatal diagnosis of a clinical disorder (in this case, sickle-cell anemia).

    Junk DNA, Linguistics and the scientific vacuity of Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • WOHL: No and Nancy, God bless our RFLP DNA evidence because it ` s amazing what they can take off the saliva off a cigarette butt.

    CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2005 2005

  • But guess what, 2001 -- the next century of forensic evidence is this RFLP DNA and it ` s wonderful and hey, they ` ve nailed him apparently.

    CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2005 2005

  • The markers could be provided by the restriction-fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique, a process already being applied to maize, barley, and rice.

    13. Other Cultivated Grains 1996

  • RFLP technique for identifying genetic markers, 226

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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