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Genetic fingerprints
The Feb issue of 'Orchids' has a nice article that's way over my head on the
genetic fingerprint for Phrag. kovachii. Finally I can see the results of a so-called fingerprint and I can see how the A,T,G and C's all match up - so I can see how they'd be valuable in forensics. Now. How does one recognise and isolate one individual from another? Is "CSI/Orchids" our next TV program? K Barrett (Yes, I'm amazed you have to explain this to me. I *love* reading forensic murder mysteries, yet I know that the forensic DNA PCR tests that are used in a court of law only check 9 or so places in order to determine within a certain probability that the DNA in question comes from a certain individual or not. However the article makes note that 'they' will be using the genome of P. kovachii to forensically identify individuals - presumably tracking them from known source materials - and tracking the use of this 'known source DNA' in hybrids. Surely making P. kovachii one of the best (worst) known and tracked individuals on the planet! I tell you, its a Shakespearian tale! - A tale told by an idiot, full of wind and fury, signifying nothing...) |
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