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From: "Alfred A. Aburto Jr." <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA Security and protection
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:58:43 -0700
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I guess the Y-DNA (37 to 67+ markers) could identify me and my brothers
and so on quite accurately since I imagine (!) that it is pretty rare in
the geographical areas we live in. It just is rare, no question ...

In forensic science though police crime labs use the autosomal DNA
mostly, not the Y-DNA
Al

> wrote:

>
>And MOST importantly, it is the Y-DNA not the
>mtDNA that the police would be looking for anyway
>in the beginning to see if they can associate
>it with a man who has particular surname that
>might fit a suspect. Your mtDNA is not tied
>in to the Dillow surname at all, because you
>are a female and you would not carry any
>"Dillow" DNA.
>
>

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