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paternity test
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paternity test
n.
A test using blood group identification of a mother, child, and putative father to establish the probability of paternity.

paternity testing n.
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Noun1.paternity test - a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child; negative results prove he was not the father but positive results show only that he could be
assay, check - an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"


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The samples required for each of these are different of course, so we are focusing on paternity testing where you can collect the samples yourself.
A leading Beijing paternity testing center has revealed that up to 30 percent of tested men were not the biological fathers of their children.
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