Talk:Parental testing
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"Meta-analysis of a wide variety of genetic studies appears to show that the rates of non-paternity in the general population are on the order of 4% to over 30%, depending on the social group involved. [citation needed]"
Non paternity?? What does that mean? No father, like Jesus?? This needs an explanation.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.232.247.173 (talk • contribs) .
- Since paternity is the state of being a father, I would guess that non-paternity is the state of not being a father, so the statistic would refer to people who are not fathers. At least that's how it seems to me. --24.117.122.78 13:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Prenatal Non-invasive paternity testing is a new scientific research area and Dr. Dennis Lo is one of the foremost scientists in the world working on this science. The reference to him is not a plug for anyone but a reference to one of the foremost researchers on this subject in the world and the scientist that holds numerous patents on thcertain aspects of the science.
[edit] Structure
I think the introduction is much too long. It should just provide a definition and the briefest of overviews and anything that goes beyond that should be dealt with in greater detail in the individual sections.--Cancun771 21:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
- Sure - I've added a to do list with this task. You can create one yourself by adding {{to do}} to the top of the article and then editing the list that appears. This keeps all the tasks together and anyone can see what needs work. Richard001 06:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
Actually the move to change the name of this page to "parental testing" is wrong in my opinion. It sounds like it's some kind of test used to determine your parenting abilities. "Parentage testing" is acutally more appropriate and accurate. You can expand the subject to all dna testing and other bio-relationships but this web page should be limited to paternity and maternity. People are looking for info on "Paternity Testing" no "Parental Testing". Who even heard of "parental testing" before getting redirected here by the use of the entry "Paternity Testing". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.228.110.137 (talk) 03:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
This article seems to be trying to cover both paternity and maternity, so isn't it a little sexist to have the article at this location? Should it be moved to parental testing, or perhaps maternity and paternity testing. Actually looking at search results I'm seeing 1.4k for parental test, 16.5k for maternity test and 488k for paternity test. If it's a popularity contest, paternity wins hands down. I still don't like leaving maternity out though, and parental is far more elegant, even if less used and possibly ambiguous (e.g. parental income testing). Richard001 06:45, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
No, The article name of Paternity testing it is not sexist. Mother's already know that they are the mother to a child which they birthed. The issue is then establishing paternity not maternity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.66.135.202 (talk) 22:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Actually, what both fathers and mothers have is a "presumption" that the child whom they believe to be their own is indeed their offspring. Certainty of maternity is virtually removed once the umbilical cord is (but even before that, In vitro fertilization may account for the incorrect embryo being implanted). Take the examples explored here: http://www.geneforum.org/node/213 74.236.26.254 (talk) 07:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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How long does it take to get results back from a paternity test. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.233.162 (talk) 23:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
