Imagine you are a forensic investigator giving a presentation to a school assembly. A student asks you, “If people have such a s
imilar genetic makeup, then why do you use DNA to understand whether suspects are innocent or guilty of a crime?” In 1–2 sentences, describe how you might answer the student’s question.
This is because our genetic makeup may be closely similar to one another, an individuals DNA sequence is unique only to the individual much like ones fingerprints.