tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post7242601617019382645..comments2024-01-27T00:27:45.851+00:00Comments on race/history/evolution notes: 2008-05-01 linksn/ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378473351485233448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-16083861451949445772008-05-01T22:03:00.000+01:002008-05-01T22:03:00.000+01:00Nice site on paternity testing / DNA profiling, w...Nice <A HREF="http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/blackett2/overview.html" REL="nofollow">site </A> on paternity testing / DNA profiling, with sample data (13 CODIS STRs) for a 3 generation pedigree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-22888563307758359612008-05-01T21:49:00.000+01:002008-05-01T21:49:00.000+01:00Sure. Test enough markers in the right people and ...Sure. Test enough markers in the right people and you will be able to determine the biological relationships between them with near certainty. <BR/><BR/>As pointed out in the link, things can get more confusing when trying, for example, to determine which of two brothers fathered a child, but at most this just means you need to test more markers. <BR/><BR/>Supposedly, the testing is only to establish the children's maternity/paternity. In theory, particularly with that many closely-related people tested, it should be possible to reconstruct deeper pedigrees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227780861638767023.post-60265249439224710052008-05-01T20:48:00.000+01:002008-05-01T20:48:00.000+01:00Will the DNA testing determine mother/daughter rel...Will the DNA testing determine mother/daughter relationships? In other words discover incest? Father/daughter, father's brother is father of his daughter's child etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com