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Seems just a little low don't you think?Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI would be bloody scared if I was the kids' mother.
There is some statistic around that 10% of fathers are the biological parent of their child.
Though I do like that Ginger hair.

Our milkman isn't ginger, I'm confident.
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So are the other 90%.Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThere is some statistic around that 10% of fathers are the biological parent of their child.
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Sorry, didn't mean to take away from the innovative of what he did with the centrifuge and heating bit, just was trying to highlight the real number crunching tech that's outside most people's reach.Originally posted by vetran View Postand splitting DNA
and 'breeding' DNA
no he didn't sequence but he did a fair part of it.
Top job though - I hope he gets snapped up by a tech corp for initiative.
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Impressive knowledge on how to use a centrifuge but...
To identify my brother's mutation I opted for sequencing which I couldn't do at home so I had to send the sample to a lab.
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I would be bloody scared if I was the kids' mother.
There is some statistic around that 10% of fathers are the biological parent of their child.
Though I do like that Ginger hair.
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Me too - that's one hell of a barnet.Originally posted by vetran View Post
I'm impressed.
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that was desperate but he was a Ginger
Teenager astounds scientists by building a DNA testing machine in his bedroom - and he did it to discover why his brother is ginger | Mail Online
I'm impressed.Fred Turner, 17, from Yorkshire built a DNA testing machine in his bedroom
Built the polymerase chain reaction machine from items he found at home
Wanted to see if his brother had the mutated gene that causes ginger hair
Experiment was a success and proved why his brother is ginger and he isn't
Fred was named the UK's Young Engineer of the Year for his designTags: None
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