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Due to mutations, identical twins probably don't even have identical DNA by the time they're born, let alone in their adult life. I don't think forensic DNA tes
by thfuran 4y ago
Due to mutations, identical twins probably don't even have identical DNA by the time they're born, let alone in their adult life. I don't think forensic DNA testing is a full sequencing though.
- jostmey 4y agoIt is even more complicated than that! Some immune cells, like T cells, will actually edit their own DNA through a process named V(D)J recombination. So the immune system is actually editing some of its own DNA! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V(D)J_recombination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V(D)J_recombination
- jjtheblunt 4y agoLike Lisp reader programming for dsl creation?
- thfuran 4y agoRight, but I mean even of non immune cells.