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posted by  Dandash on 6/15/2008 12:04:44 PM  |  status: Closed  

Genetics: who could be the father?

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 mother has 3 daughters, Mary, Jean, and Dianne. A gene was amplified using PCR from the mother, her daughters and three possible fathers. For each child, mark all men who could be the father based on this diagram.

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Mary





Jean





Diane



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posted by abmuk on 6/15/2008 1:55:09 PM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"mary turned out to be all of them"
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Hello,
 
Here is what I think:
 
Sam looks like a definite match for the father of Jean
 
John looks loke a probable match for Diane.
 
David ends up paired with Mary.
 
Hope this helps!
 
 
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posted by ela on 6/15/2008 4:43:47 PM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"mary all of them, jean - sam, and diane was right"
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Mary


X


Jean

X



Diane
X
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posted by Juhi on 6/15/2008 10:02:28 PM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"it turns out all of them could be mary's father"
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Mary





 Jean





 Diane



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posted by Big Stu 42 on 6/16/2008 9:12:13 AM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"it turns out all of them could be mary's father"
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For Mary it could be either David or John
 
For Jean it is Sam
 
For Diane it is John
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posted by Cowboy15 on 6/16/2008 10:12:27 AM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"it turns out all of them could be mary's father"
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Mary



ANSWER is John

 Jean



ANSWER IS: SAM

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ANSWER IS: JOHN
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posted by Med-Leddy-nessing on 6/16/2008 3:12:54 PM  |  status: Live
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Dandash's comment:
"it turns out all of them could be mary's father"