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From: "Lowe DNA" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Ancient peoples DNA--a hopeful endeavor!?
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 00:00:37 -0600
In-Reply-To: <3E61611A.150FB69D@pacbell.net>


In response to your note...

"I would love to see a researcher who can gather the DNA of diseased
peoples from ancient civilizations and do Y and mtDNA tests on them."

I believe someone at BYU is working on the mummified remains of the Egyptian
Royal family and have some really spectacular DNA results showing that the
folks intermarried with their relatives to preserve the royal lineage of
the pharaohs... And this intermarriage produced some diseases that show up
in the children who parents are closely related....

Bill


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