A DNA fingerprint is a laboratory technique that identifies DNA repeat sequences that produce a pattern specific to that individual. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exhibits several useful features for human identification and for their use in DNA fingerprinting: 1-doesn't undergo recombination, 2-a high copy number, and 3-matrilineal inheritance (i.e., mtDNA is inherited from the mother). It is for these reasons that mtDNA fingerprint analysis has become very useful for human identification.
Phosphate is when DNA has already been replicated. Metaphase is when the spindle attaches to the chromosomes. Anaphase is when the cells split and are called daughter cells. Telophase is when the nuclei is formed.
