Yes
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Fingerprinting CAN determine sex, but isn't necessarily used for that. ALL you need to determine sex (well, genetic sex anyway) is a look at the sex chromosomes. XY is male, XX is female -- 'nuff said!
What's fingerprinting then? Fingerprinting is an attempt to establish an individual's genetic "signature" by looking at specific sections of DNA that are known to vary widely among people. It is exceedingly unlikely that two people share the exact same alleles at every locus used in a fingerprinting analysis, so if a sample matches a person's genetic fingerprint -- likely it belongs to that subject!
For you, though -- fingerprinting protocols can employ a sex-determining test, and so therefore the answer to your question is Yes!
What's fingerprinting then? Fingerprinting is an attempt to establish an individual's genetic "signature" by looking at specific sections of DNA that are known to vary widely among people. It is exceedingly unlikely that two people share the exact same alleles at every locus used in a fingerprinting analysis, so if a sample matches a person's genetic fingerprint -- likely it belongs to that subject!
For you, though -- fingerprinting protocols can employ a sex-determining test, and so therefore the answer to your question is Yes!