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The original was posted on /r/explainlikeimfive by /u/Doodlebug510 on 2023-06-26 07:35:51+00:00.

Sometimes forensic investigators bemoan the lack of “sufficient” DNA for testing.

Isn’t an individual’s entire genome embedded in each cell? So theoretically as long as you have a single cell of DNA and digitize it, that should be sufficient?