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DNA fingerprinting is used for paternity testing and forensic identification of suspects. Which of the following is the most accurate description of DNA fingerprinting?

ADNA can be isolated from blood, skin, or sperm and analyzed for variable patterns of restriction fragments arising from tandemly repeated sequences (microsatellites) (Correct Answer)
BDNA is copied from blood, skin, or sperm RNA using reverse transcriptase and analyzed for the pattern of complementary DNAs
CDNA is isolated from blood, skin, or sperm and its fragment size distribution is analyzed by gel electrophoresis
DDNA is isolated from blood, skin, or sperm and hybridized with probes from the HLA locus to visualize HLA gene patterns