Magical Realist
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Which is not supported in Ketchum's study and there is no proof that these labs conducted those studies. Instead, there is something you apparently are not aware of.. Those labs did not independently conduct the studies. Ketchum hired the labs to do the studies but it was she and her cohorts who conducted the experiments. Because that doesn't sound dodgy at all...
Instead, in a now defunct and deleted link for the study, Ketchum had advised:
The study, “Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies,” was conducted by a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology. The team, led by Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of DNA Diagnostics in Nacogdoches, TX, included Dr. Pat Wojtkiecicz, Director of the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory; Ms. Aliece Watts of Integrated Forensic Laboratories in Euless, TX; Mr. David Spence, Trace Evidence Supervisor at Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences; Dr. Andreas K. Holzenburg, Director of the Microscopy & Imaging Center at Texas A&M University; Dr. Douglas G. Toler of Huguley Pathology Consultants in Fort Worth, TX; Dr. Thomas M. Prychitko of Helix Biological Laboratory in Michigan; Dr. Fan Zhang of the University of North Texas Health Science Center; and Sarah Bollinger, Ray Shoulders, and Ryan Smith of DNA Diagnostics.
Mitochondrial whole genomes were consistent with modern humans. In contrast, novel data were obtained when nuclear DNA was sequenced. Next generation whole genome sequencing was performed on three samples. Phylogeny trees generated showed homology to human chromosome 11 and to primate sequences. The data indicates that the Sasquatch has human mitochondrial DNA but possesses nuclear DNA that is a structural mosaic consisting of human and novel non-human DNA.
Note the names of the labs and people connected to them. But most importantly, it is how those labs were used and by whom in the study:
Dr. Ketchum used the following for hire laboratories in a BLIND STUDY of the DNA:
"The following laboratories provided sequencing and analysis of samples in the study on a work for hire basis and were not initially told the origin of the samples being tested until after the samples were tested:"
Family Tree DNA Genomics Research Center,
1445 North Loop West, Suite 820, Houston, TX 77008
SeqWright, Inc.,
2575 W. Bellfort St. Suite 2001, Houston, TX 77054
UT Southwestern Medical Center
6000 Harry Hines Blvd. NA7.116, Dallas, TX 75235-9093
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Texas A&M University, Microscopy & Imaging Center, Department of Biology and Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics,
College Station, TX 77843-2257
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences
2355 North Stemmons Fwy., Dallas, TX 75207
The authors that contributed to the paper and what area they helped in:
Dr. Ketchum, Dr. Pat Wojtkiecicz, David Spence, Dr. Andreas K. Holzenburg, Sarah Bollinger, Ray Shoulders, and Ryan Smith. performed experiments.
Dr. Ketchum and Dr. Fan Zhang analyzed the genetic data.
Dr. Ketchum., Aliece Watts, and Dr. Pat Wojtkiecicz wrote and edited the manuscript.
Dr. Andreas K. Holzenburg analyzed and wrote the EM portion of the manuscript.
David Spence analyzed and wrote the hair analysis portion of the manuscript.
Dr. Douglas G. Toler analyzed and wrote the histopathology portion of the manuscript.
Aliece Watts. also researched pertinent additions to the manuscript and helped with data collection.
Dr. Ketchum distributed samples, collected and combined data from the blind studies.
Ketchum and her cohorts hired the labs and performed the experiments themselves.
The co-authors and those who performed the experiments are connected to the labs themselves and to Ketchum. For example, Andreas Holzenburg:
Dr. Andreas Holzenburg
Director, Professor, Department of Biology, Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Microscopy and Imaging Center
Texas A&M University
As I said, Ketchum was rejected by the scientific community because she behaved like a demented hack.
LOL! Uh no. The labs had their own personel and performed their own tests on the DNA samples in BLIND studies. They couldn't have been BLIND studies if Ketchum's people were doing the tests. Nothing you quoted says these labs were somehow taken over by Ketchum's workers who then performed the tests themselves. As usual you're just making shit up.
So again, what do you mean by "connected to Ketchum"? Breathing the same air? Being in the same state? Talking to her? How the fuck does being "connected" to someone invalidate their own research?
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