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Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by throwaway894345 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @03:04PM (#33279182)
Wow, that's pretty crazy. I never really thought about how transplants imply two different sets of DNA cohabitating in the same body.
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Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by neaden on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:25PM (#33280205)
I think the relevant transplant is bone marrow, since that produces Red Blood Cells. Here is an article about it:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transp...
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Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by wahern on Thursday October 20, 2022 @11:44PM (#33284272)
Pregnancy presents a similar situation, and fetal microchimerism among parous women is not uncommon. This also includes, supposedly, brain tissue: https://www.science.org/content/article/bearing-sons-can-alt...
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Re:Yet another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis by jacobkg on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:39AM (#33285199)
A founder I worked with had both a bone marrow transplant and a lung transplant. He named his company 3dna to commemorate having three sets of DNA in his body
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