Greg B
2016-04-27 00:21:53 UTC
Lol, reading all this it's amazing how ignorant some of these strident posters were.
Yes, it is true that sequencing the entire genome of two people will very easily distinguish between the two.
NO, forensic tests DO NOT do any such comprehensive analysis. They only check very limited parts of "junk" DNA, and it is 100% true that a close relative may well match at any or all of that limited selection of alleles.
Ph.D., the DNA experts interviewed for this study explained that any blood
drops at Bundy, left by any of the four children (Jason, Arnelle, Sydney,
Justin),
would have been virtually indistinguishable from the blood of their father,
OJ."
(Dear, "OJ is Guilty But Not of Murder," page 330.)
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I wonder if the authors of the book above really understood basic DNA. DNA
technology and public information about DNA has come a long way since the
author's wrote their book.
1. For instance, let's suppose O.J. and his son Jason made love to the same
woman, and the woman had a child.
2. The woman asks for DNA tests to determine paternity.
3. Do you really believe that O.J.'s and Jason's DNA tests would come out
identical?
4. As I understand it, the only chance that O.J.'s DNA and another person' s
DNA would be the same is if the other person was O.J.'s identical twin.
5. So, since O.J. and Jason were not twins but father and son, the DNA tests
would not come out the same.
Yes, it is true that sequencing the entire genome of two people will very easily distinguish between the two.
NO, forensic tests DO NOT do any such comprehensive analysis. They only check very limited parts of "junk" DNA, and it is 100% true that a close relative may well match at any or all of that limited selection of alleles.
Subject: Re: Can Anyone Prove Jason DIDN'T Do It?
Date: 6/12/01 2:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time
"According to the book 'Killing Time' by Donald Freed and Raymond P. Briggs,Date: 6/12/01 2:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Ph.D., the DNA experts interviewed for this study explained that any blood
drops at Bundy, left by any of the four children (Jason, Arnelle, Sydney,
Justin),
would have been virtually indistinguishable from the blood of their father,
OJ."
(Dear, "OJ is Guilty But Not of Murder," page 330.)
************
I wonder if the authors of the book above really understood basic DNA. DNA
technology and public information about DNA has come a long way since the
author's wrote their book.
1. For instance, let's suppose O.J. and his son Jason made love to the same
woman, and the woman had a child.
2. The woman asks for DNA tests to determine paternity.
3. Do you really believe that O.J.'s and Jason's DNA tests would come out
identical?
4. As I understand it, the only chance that O.J.'s DNA and another person' s
DNA would be the same is if the other person was O.J.'s identical twin.
5. So, since O.J. and Jason were not twins but father and son, the DNA tests
would not come out the same.