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Re:Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indica... by castis on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:49PM (#24476792)
I meant match, similarly to saying curtains and carpets match.
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Re:Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indica... by willis936 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:02AM (#24478301)
“Matching DNA” has only one meaning that I am aware of and it is an exact 1:1 sequence. The goal is to identify a living organism from DNA that has fallen off it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_profiling

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Re:Phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus – an indica... by castis on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:55PM (#24483494)
my apologies on not using terminology that suits you
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