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New Scientist - Fast-track DNA tests confirm Saddam's identity by Dr. Nanochick at 1:08 am EST, Dec 16, 2003 |
] The DNA is then amplified using a standard technique ] called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which takes a ] couple of hours. Lastly, the amplified sample is "typed" ] to give the profile. This also takes a couple of hours. ] ] Charlotte Word, laboratory director at Orchid Cellmark, ] Maryland, which conducted DNA tests on the victims of the ] September 11 attacks, is also surprised by the speed of ] the testing, but agrees it is possible with a good blood ] or saliva sample. ] ] She notes that tests for use in criminal cases often ] takes much longer because samples are scant or ] contaminated. |
New Scientist - Fast-track DNA tests confirm Saddam's identity by Decius at 9:08 am EST, Dec 17, 2003 |
] "They certainly had access to the two sons, Uday and ] Qusay, who were killed," he says. A "very quick way" of ] identifying Saddam Hussein would be to compare the new ] sample with variable regions called short tandem repeats ] on the sons' Y-chromosomes. As this male sex chromosome ] is passed directly from father to son, it should match. Ask MemeStreams, get an answer... |
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