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Segments. they don't actually code for any physical characteristic or any kind of molecule inside your body that's doing a job. they are just repetitive, noncoding regions of dna. and i can take advantage of that fact. the fact that those repetitive sequences vary from individual to individual. so i can use these short segments of dna to develop a profile for that individual. >> and if you could i'd like you to break down in terms of the str process, are there, i think, three or four steps that you have to go through in order to first determine whether you have enough dna to actually develop i...