GENETIC-MARKER TEST

genetic-marker test.A medical method of testing tissue samples used in paternity and

illegitimacy cases to de-termine whether a particular man could be the father of a child. • This test

represents a medical advance over blood-grouping tests. It analyzes DNA and is much more

precise in assessing the probability of paternity. — Abbr. GMT. See PATERNITY TEST. Cf.

BLOOD-GROUPING TEST T; HUMAN-LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]