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David Briggman (paradigm@mercury.interpath.net) wrote:
: Michael James Tino (mjtino@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:

: : Well, folks, speaking purely as a scientist here, DNA testing is not a 
: : matter of putting a tube into a computer and pressing a button. Molecular 
: : biology is not what you've come to expect from reruns of Batman ("Boy Wonder,
: : put that tube into the DNA analyzer." "Holy Cow, Batman! It matches!").
: : DNA testing involves, among other things:

: [Description Deleted]

: Michael,

: With my not being anything close to a scientist, you description of the
: process (if you are describing RFLP), sounds like it might take a week
: to get results at the outside...why are we still seeing RFLP results coming
: in at the SIMPSON trial? Knowing that the prosecution has apparently been
: a little slack in submitting samples for testing [I HAPPEN TO THINK OJ
: *** DID NOT *** DO IT], why are they still getting results in in the past
: few weeks?


As somewhat of a scientist, I would hazard a guess and say that results 
are still coming in now due to the fact that  many 
different RFLP's can be generated from a single DNA sample.  The higher 
the number of RFLP's performed on a single sample, the less chance for 
non specific matches.  

Ted