In a forensic lab, DNA samples from a mother (M) and her child (C) have been analyzed at three short tandem repeat (STR) loci using PCR and gel electrophoresis. The same analysis has been performed for five men (1 to 5). According to the results below, which men can be eliminated as possible candidates for the biological father of the child? Your answer would be a number composed of digits 1 to 5 only, e.g. 145.

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Those bands in lane C that are not shared with lane M can be accounted for only by lane 1. The other four men can be eliminated as candidates for the biological father.

In a Forensic Lab, DNA Samples from a Mother (M)