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From: "George A. Petticrew" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Y test - random samples
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 23:45:41 -0700


On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 01:14:53 EST writes:
> ...................... It might be one
> two step
> mutation and a one step mutation -- for a total of two mutations.
> I'm not
> sure if a three step mutation has ever been documented but it must
> be
> theoretically possible.
>
> .........However, the most obvious explanation for a major difference
is a
> non-paternity event.

Thanks Grant, I'm learning little by little, but doesn't a 9/12 match
imply 3 mutations, not 2? Without conveying any info about the number of
steps in each?

Your last remark sounds like the most plausible one to me.

George Petticrew

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