Timeline for When was DNA evidence from a crime investigation in space first used in a SciFi plot?
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| Feb 22, 2023 at 12:11 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Jan 22, 2020 at 23:45 | comment | added | NKCampbell | memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/DNA - no mention in TOS | |
| Aug 13, 2019 at 9:19 | comment | added | Basya | True. But SF authors think of some concepts before they are used in reality; in many cases, though, there is something in reality that is close enough to help them think of it. Again, though, I do not believe it appeared in TOS (speaking of the show, not the movies.) I looked through transcripts of the most likely episodes, mentioned above; there is no mention of it. The Conscience of the King plot would make little sense if they could have identified the body, which was burned beyond recognition, using DNA. | |
| Aug 13, 2019 at 8:34 | comment | added | uhoh | @Basya thanks for the input, but something not existing in reality has never stopped it from being a central plot device in Star Trek! | |
| Aug 13, 2019 at 8:16 | comment | added | Basya | It is unlikely that DNA evidence would have been used as early as TOS. It was not used in the courts until the mid or late 1980's, if I am not mistaken. The most likely TOS candidates for using DNA evidence, Wolf in the Fold and The Conscience of the King, do not mention it. | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 7:17 | history | edited | Jenayah |
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 23:05 | comment | added | uhoh | @JonCuster for sure. That was included only to remind people that the basic idea of storage of genetic information in molecules is a lot older than their favorite CSI TV show. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 16:03 | comment | added | Jon Custer | DNA was known to be genetic material before the structure was determined, so a pre-1953 date is conceivable. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 15:16 | answer | added | Organic Marble | timeline score: 3 | |
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 3:28 | history | asked | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |