How does DNA matching work?

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Recent story about Colin Pitchfork (first person convicted of rape using DNA analysis) got me wondering how this works. How is DNA coded in a way which allows you to match it up with another sample? When you look at it under a microscope or something there aren’t exactly letters and numbers for each part of it.

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The code of your DNA is unique to you. Police compare the code of a sample they have to a suspect’s code and see if they match.

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