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Re:Svante Pääbo awarded Nobel Prize for studies of extinct h... by jhbadger on Monday October 03, 2022 @03:34PM (#33072518)
The issue with paleo DNA is that the target is much lower in concentration than potential contaminants from the lab worker. etc. This wouldn't be the case in DNA tests where the concentration of the sample would be comparatively high.
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