I'm not a scientists nor do I claim to be, but there seems to be a growing unified consensus online, the paper is not sound. Many various science blogs and news sites are calling the project questionable. There is no verifiable peer review and the brand new "acquired" journal is now owned by the author of the paper, Melba Ketchum.
It is also known that the samples acquired for the study were not properly vetted. Many submitters did not provide Ketchum with a sample of their own DNA to rule out contamination. Something that seems like a no-brainer when dealing with DNA that is supposed to look almost identical to homo sapien sapien. When I asked Justin Smeja if he ever sent a sample of his own DNA sample to Ketchum, his answer was quick and simple, "nope".
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ReplyDeleteyea i was.nice, i think sam jackson is bigfoots brother.
DeleteI would like to comment on your allegation "It is also known that the samples acquired for the study were not properly vetted. Many submitters did not provide Ketchum with a sample of their own DNA to rule out contamination".
ReplyDeleteThe statement was made in the Article, Novel North American Hominins, that every possible effort was made to make sure that the accepted samples were in fact properly vetted. I will quote "In all cases, as demonstrated by clean sequences without false heteroplasmic bases denoting mixture or contamination and single source profiles with the PowerPlex® 16 amplification kit, no evidence was obtained that the DNA extracted from collectors or scientists or any other secondary source was present as a contaminant in any of the samples".
In fact, DNA Samples from the locating parties had, in fact been collected along with the purported Bigfoot samples and was used to verify the purity of the Bigfoot samples.
The quoted statement answers the concern of Contamination very succinctly.
Also, the three samples that were Blood, Saliva and Tissue, that were then submitted to the DNA Laboratory at the University of Texas at Dallas for Next Generation Sequencing on the Illumina Platform, were determined to have very high Q30 scores of 88.4, 88.6 and 88.7, proving that these were very pure, single source samples that would have a statistical probability of 1:1000 of being capable of being properly sequenced. The three Nuclear Genomes derived from these samples are three times as much proof as is reasonably necessary to prove the existence of a new species. DNA does not Lie.
No reviewer can dispute that the work done at the University of Texas is flawed or invalid.
The skeptics have been answered with Scientific Proof of the existence of a Novel North American Hominin that has Human and previously unknown DNA sequences.
Charles Bootjer • 9 minutes ago
ReplyDeleteSorry but the more than 30,000 eyewitnesses are right. Bigfoot is Real!
The University of Texas DNA Laboratory received Three DNA Samples from Dr. Melba Ketchum and then sequenced Three Genomes from from three separate individuals,
that were from three different regions, and were samples that had been collected by three different researchers. The amazing fact is that these three Genomes nonetheless definitely possessed consistent homology. This constitutes more than adequate proof of a new species to my way of thinking.
One Genome is absolute proof Three is absolute GROSS OVERKILL!
Dr. Ketchum has now received 2 communications from a biologist, David H. Swenson Ph.D.
Which she has published The first reads as follows:
Brien Foerster, Jeff Kart, and other interested parties.
I went over the manuscript by Melba Ketchum on Bigfoot genomics.
My desktop had difficulty with a BLAST analysis of the consensus sequences.
It helped me understand more about the project.
This collaborative venture has done a huge project that taxes me to fully grasp.
I see interesting homology with a standard human sequence with 99% match for mitochondria.
From my abbreviated study, the nuclear genome seems to have human and nonhuman sequences.
My opinion of the creature is that it is a hybrid of a human mother and an unknown hominid male, Just as reported.
For all practical purposes, it should be treated as human and protected under law.
Brien, selection of Melba's lab for your studies is a very good call.
Sasquatch is real, as proven by genetic analysis.
David H. Swenson Ph.D.
The Second communication from him reads as follows:
"I did more BLAST analyses and came up with the same confusion the independent labs
had.
The genome has some good human matches and some unknowns."
"The sequences are not contaminated, near as I can tell.
I have not searched for open reading frames, but that is beyond the scope of my tools.
The close matches are gapped with sequences that match nothing.
AMEL and MY genes match humans in some cases, in others, not.
If I am wrong, I wouldlike to be shown with data, not uninformed opinion from "experts".
David H. Swenson, Ph.D.
"END Quotation".
It appears that this is the first vindication of the Ketchum Study by a scientific expert.
I am rather sure that there will be many more to come, now that hard data is available.
Now that the University of Texas DNA Laboratory has sequenced no less than three Nuclear
Genomes, it will be impossible for anyone to say that there is no evidence to prove the existence of Bigfoot.
I do not think that anyone will dispute the work done by the University of Texas at Dallas. It
is HARD evidence. It will stand the test of time and Dr. Ketchum and her colleagues be famous for their dedication to this ground breaking project.
Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this matter.
Bigfoot Believer
The University of Texas DNA Laboratory received Three DNA Samples from Dr. Melba Ketchum and then successfully sequenced Three Nuclear Genomes from from three separate individuals,
ReplyDeletethat were from three different regions, and were samples that had been collected by three different researchers. The amazing fact is that these three Genomes nonetheless definitely possessed consistent homology. This constitutes more than adequate proof of a new species to my way of thinking.
One Genome is absolute proof Three is absolute Gross Overkill!
With regard to that assertion that the paper is not sound. As a matter of fact, Dr. Ketchum has now received 2 communications from a biologist, David H. Swenson Ph.D., who is well qualified to comment on the science found in the paper,
The first communications reads as follows:
"Brien Foerster, Jeff Kart, and other interested parties.
I went over the manuscript by Melba Ketchum on Bigfoot genomics.
My desktop had difficulty with a BLAST analysis of the consensus sequences.
It helped me understand more about the project.
This collaborative venture has done a huge project that taxes me to fully grasp.
I see interesting homology with a standard human sequence with 99% match for mitochondria.
From my abbreviated study, the nuclear genome seems to have human and nonhuman sequences.
My opinion of the creature is that it is a hybrid of a human mother and an unknown hominid male, Just as reported.
For all practical purposes, it should be treated as human and protected under law.
Brien, selection of Melba's lab for your studies is a very good call.
Sasquatch is real, as proven by genetic analysis."
David H. Swenson Ph.D.
The Second communication from him reads as follows:
"I did more BLAST analyses and came up with the same confusion the independent labs had.
The genome has some good human matches and some unknowns."
"The sequences are not contaminated, near as I can tell.
I have not searched for open reading frames, but that is beyond the scope of my tools.
The close matches are gapped with sequences that match nothing.
AMEL and MY genes match humans in some cases, in others, not.
If I am wrong, I wouldlike to be shown with data, not uninformed opinion from "experts".
David H. Swenson, Ph.D.
"END Quotation".
It appears that this is the first vindication of the Ketchum Study by a scientific expert.
I am rather sure that there will be many more to come, now that hard data is available at the Sasquatch Genome Project at
http://sasquatchgenomeproject.org/
Now that the University of Texas DNA Laboratory has sequenced no less than three Nuclear Genomes, it will be impossible for anyone to say that there is no evidence to prove the existence of Bigfoot.
I do not think that anyone will dispute the work done by the University of Texas at Dallas. It is HARD evidence.
It will stand the test of time, as other labs replicate the findings.
My kudos to Dr. Ketchum and her colleagues, who will be famous for their dedication to this ground breaking project.
Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this matter.
Bigfoot Believer