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From: lampman@heurikon.UUCP (Ray Lampman)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Mammoth clones
Summary: Not totally out of luck ...
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Date: 1 Aug 88 16:30:46 GMT
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In article <4786@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> jyamato@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (YAMATO JON AYAO) writes:
>The limiting problem, I think, is fragmentation of the DNA--if your sample
>does not contain at least one intact copy of the desired gene you're
>out of luck.
>
>   Mary Kuhner

Fragmemtation is not a problem if multiple copies of the damaged DNA are
available. Just collect numerous samples and average out the damage.
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