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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (4470)3/23/2002 11:25:58 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
"The chromosomes are broken into much smaller pieces and then the type and amount of the different pieces are matched. That opens the possibly of contamination causing a spurious match."

That's correct.........it's the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the molecular structure of the genes that is. One cell from someone else will throw the whole thing off. One cough from a policeman at the scene can contaminate the evidence.

"I take you're involved with this? "
I was involved with it during the startup phase of development.

Pat