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From: "Dora Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] News item: DNA from mammoth hair
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:08:41 -0500
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I thought someone suggested that FTDNA might not have teh technology
necessary to extract the dna from hair shafts. People might want to pin
that down - it sounds possible.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Scott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] News item: DNA from mammoth hair


> Ann,
>
> I emailed Dr. Krahn this morning for his opinion on extracting DNA from
> hair shafts, but as of now, I've not heard from him. I submitted a month
> ago a decent human hair sample that he advised me would be a "waste of
> money" to experiment with DNA extraction. The idea that contamination
> through handling, shampooing, etc., seems to be boldly discredited by the
> authors of the recent Science article. The keratin is the protective
> agent, according to them, of outside influences.
>
> In any case, I hope FTDNA will revise their thinking on accepting hair
> shaft samples, as I think they will - eventually.
>
> Ron Scott
>
>


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