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From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] how common is a match this close?
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:01:10 -0400
References: <BAY105-F343E5152F18A05B4D62D03CC6C0@phx.gbl><7EAAF762-70F9-4EF2-A96A-BBE710979AD3@vizachero.com>
In-Reply-To: <7EAAF762-70F9-4EF2-A96A-BBE710979AD3@vizachero.com>


Well, I'm not reconstructing the phylogeny of man, only the descendants of
Johann Pieter STRAUB, 1733 immigrant to Philadelphia. I wanted something to
keep me off the streets now that I'm retired. This ought to do it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: On Behalf Of Vincent Vizachero
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:17 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DNA] how common is a match this close?

<snip>
>
> A well-constructed and rooted phylogeny can provide a viable
> alternative ancestral haplotype that can overcome SOME
> limitations of simply using a modal haplotype.
>
> Of course, as has been pointed out on this list innumerable times,
> constructing a decent phylogeny using only STRs is not a trivial task.
>
> Vince
>

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