Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences 'SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs' 1 article published in JoVE Genetics Application of DNA Fingerprinting using the D1S80 Locus in Lab Classes Meike Siebers*1, Agatha Walla*1,2, Thea Rütjes1, Moritz-Fabian Müller4, Maria von Korff1,2,3 1Institute of Plant Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University, 2Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences "SMART Plants for Tomorrow's Needs", 3Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 4IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Here we describe a simple protocol to generate DNA fingerprinting profiles by amplifying the VNTR locus D1S80 from epithelial cell DNA.