HLA typing is useful in

Also used in organ transplant Ref Robbins 9/e p195 ,215 DNA paternity testing is the use of DNA profiles to determine whether an individual is the biologicalparent of another individual. Paternity testing can be especially impoant when the rights and duties of the father are in issue and a child's paternity is in doubt. Tests can also determine the likelihood of someone being a biological grandparent. Though genetic testing is the most reliable standard, older methods also exist, including ABO blood group typing, analysis of various other proteins and enzymes, or using human leukocyte antigen antigens. The current techniques for paternity testing are using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Paternity testing can now also be performed while the woman is still pregnant from a blood drawn