Re: Genetics
Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 12:17:03 +1000
At 03:11 PM 8/29/96 +1000, Peter Hughes wrote:
(snip)
>Actually I would not worry so much about that because the study was not
>designed to pick up differences between individuals. It was a study of
>the ITS region of the mitochondrial genome and although it is the fastest
>mutating point of the genome, it still is does not represent the greatest
>level of genetic variation in the animal. There are other regions that
>can be used to pick individuals apart, I just don't think that this was
>one of them. The study was about assessing the divergence among the
>species tested and i think that it did a very good job of that. Only some
>of the very recent PCR technolgy ie RAPD's and AFLP's may begin to answer
>some of the questions that you are talking about Peter.
Shameless name-dropper ;-) - seriously, Peter, could you churn out a little
vegemite and laymanise the above acronyms for us?
Regards, Andrew Boyd
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