Stan Sandler wrote:
 
> The second references are much more current and the dna fingerprinting is
> less open to error.  These are the figures that have been mentioned before
> on this list as to the number of copulations (in the 10 to 30 range).
>
> I am not an academic and have no access to papers.  I do not like to ask you
> to "support" their work, and I am not.  But just a brief note as to your
> understanding of how they counted the drones would be much appreciated.
 
Regarding the method of genetic paternity determination,
for example see:
http://es.rice.edu/projects/Bios321/DNA.html
 
You might want to click around on this whole site, as there may
be several things that might interest you.
 
Michael
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