Death Delights
“Of course there would be: a human being had worn the shirt. A profile generated from Carmody’s lifeless body would eliminate him from the search. What we needed to find was a trace left by the killer. Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material that makes each one of us the individual that we are, is a highly complex chemical chain found in the nucleus of cells. I once explained it to Greg by asking him to imagine that everyone in the world was each given three billion different coloured beads ...with which to make a necklace. And then to imagine the chances of two people arranging the beads in exactly the same sequence. A person’s DNA is their genetic blueprint and it shows up in almost every cell, the exception being red blood cells, which lose their nuclei during production. DNA is remarkably durable if it is protected from sunlight. Grains of wheat found buried with Egyptian mummies have been successfully sprouted, the genetic material safely stored in those dark places for thousands of years, just waiting for the right conditions to germinate.MoreLess
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