Posted by:
Terry Cox
at Thu Jan 8 17:17:57 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Terry Cox ]
Yes it was mitochondrial dna. Should've made that more clear.
Seems the thing of the future is chemical analysis, dna testing. It's supposed to be the most accurate tool we have now to show relationships or how related species are to each other. I think it has a lot of potential, but also feel that many improvements in methods, etc, will take place through the years.
One of the problems we seem to have with this type testing is that the common lay person, or hobbyists in our case, have a hard time understanding what's going on with this chemical analysis stuff. What you can't see and relate to very well can be very annoying, and many might doubt the accuracy of such methods. I can surely sympathize, as I've been there, but it does seem to be here to stay, so try to understand I will.
Later....TC.
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