Some highly degraded DNA was collected from a crime scene.Upon analysis,forensic scientists were only able to accurately sequence one 450-nucleotide-long segment of DNA from a Y chromosome.There are five suspects in the case,but they have fled the state.However,they all have large extended families in the area.How can the police narrow the search to just one suspect?

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Some Highly Degraded DNA Was Collected from a Crime Scene