Dna profiling is the determination of a dna profile for legal and investigative purposes dna analysis methods have changed numerous times over the years as technology improves and allows for more information to be determined with less starting material modern dna analysis is based on the statistical calculation of the rarity of the produced profile within a population while most well known as a tool in forensic investigations dna profiling can also be used for non forensic . Forensic dna analysis inside forensic science 1st edition by lawrence kobilinsky author henrietta nunno author professor louis levine author 0 more 20 out of 5 stars 1 rating. The use of dna analysis in forensic science is based on a variety of techniques focusing on polymorphisms which essentially refers to variation in sequences different sequences are studied in different techniques including single nucleotide polymorphisms minisatellites variable number tandem repeats microsatellites short tandem repeats and mitochondrial dna each different with regards to length and repetition. Forensic dna analysis wikipedia in general dna fingerprinting is a method for genetically identifying an individual and defining their genetic relationship to other individuals or distinguishing individuals with dna analysis is called dna fingerprinting or dna typing