Boots are now selling home paternity testing kits in all their stores. KS4/5 starter © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science What are these? How do they work?
© Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4/5 Activity 1.The mother, father and child all have saliva taken from their mouth. 2.This gets sent to a laboratory where DNA profiling takes place. Click on the equipment to try it out.
3.The results are studied and the parents informed. © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4/5 Activity
Mother ChildFather © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4/5 Activity Family A What do the results show?
Mother SonDaughter Family B © Snapshot Science, 2011Snapshot Science KS4/5 Activity Father What do the results show? Image: Steve Polyak at wikimedia.org