The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island, is a smallest state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area.
If the DNA patterns between mother, child, and the alleged father match on every DNA probe, the likelihood of paternity is 99.9 percent. To conduct DNA testing, either a blood test known as Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) or a procedure called a Buccal scrap is used.
Letâs look at this example concerning a paternity test. First, it is important to understand that all of us as humans share 99.9% of the same genetic code. So what we are really testing is a very small amount of DNA that helps identify who is part of our biological family.