Quiz.

[fillyboy]

Hair clippings from all three are sent to the DNA lab for comparison.
What could that prove?

They're all hairy?

 

[transam]

It proves they are related

 

[Bodd]

"Mick and his brother David wrote a song called “Blame it on the Boogie” with their drummer Elmar Krohn, which (after being rejected by 22 record labels) clinched the deal for Mick’s first album release as a recording artist, produced by Grammy Award winning arranger/producer Sylvester Levay."

I'm assuming that's right, so

Next question:
A woman claims she is a daughter of a wealthy couple.
Hair clippings from all three are sent to the DNA lab for comparison.
There's a match with the putative father.
What does that prove?

It's not an obvious answer so don't assume you're right unless you're very sure!

It is correct but are you googling ?

 

[Bodd]

It proves they are related

They could be brother and sister. Or indeed he could be her uncle.

 

[Bodd]

Or even her grandfather

 

[Bodd]

One was

I don't think any of them were!!!!

 

[Ihavenojob]

They had a hair cut.

 

[Justin Passing]

Unless someone remembers their O level yous all gonna have to google "hair DNA".....

 

[JohnD]

Sounds like, when you were at school, DNA extraction from hair samples without roots had not been invented.

 

[Bodd]

Unless someone remembers their O level yous all gonna have to google "hair DNA".....

Give up......

 

[Justin Passing]

Common knowledge for decades...

"DNA extraction from hair samples without roots" google that - you'd have it .

OK the DNA you get from hair shafts (MtDNA) only comes from your mother. Simple enough


Therefore......???????

 

[Bodd]

Common knowledge for decades...

"DNA extraction from hair samples without roots" google that - you'd have it .

OK the DNA you get from hair shafts (MtDNA) only comes from your mother. Simple enough


Therefore......???????

Are you a School Teacher?

 

[Justin Passing]

Are you a plumbing instructor?

 

[Bodd]

Are you a plumbing instructor?

No..... well yes.... not really... I just tell customers their previous plumber was shît and for why their shít . .. but thats not an instructor is it....

Anyway get on with it.....

 

[Justin Passing]

Well if you really can't work it out he can't be her father. They must have a common female ancestor, so she could be his sister, mother, neice etc.
Also she can't be related to the prospective mother cos there would be a MtDNA match.

The MtDNA in the sperm is in the bit which is the motor for the tail. It drops off so never enters the egg...

SUppose you need another question, at the right level?

WHat's the capital of Paris?