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Old 04-05-2012, 04:39 PM   #1
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Default FL company ties DNA-Print to race with impressive accuracy

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But non-scientific considerations also factored into how the system was established. When the national DNA Advisory Board selected the gene markers, or DNA sequences which have a known location on a chromosome, for CODIS, they deliberately chose not to include markers associated with ancestral geographic origins to avoid any political maelstrom.
Can't let a few murders get in the way when we've got political correctness to maintain, can we?
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