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From: "Lowe DNA" <>
Subject: RE: SMGF [was Re: [DNA] FTDNA Genetic Distance Calculations...]
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:06:46 -0500
In-Reply-To: <87.2cc5ff60.3020eb0f@aol.com>


Ann..

"....I've grown accustomed to thinking of "genetic distance" as a
description of
how many mutations have occurred..."

When looking at genetic distance, my first thought what was the original,
ancestral family
NRY DNA STR marker pattern at 25 or 37 markers...?

And then comparing the the genetic distance of each of the family
members....how
much they differ from from that original marker pattern...are they transient
mutations that will
mutate back (be corrected) the next generation; or, a mutation that will
continue to increase the genetic distance
even further beyond the 21/25 or 32/37 limits.

Bill

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