Hunting is banned in all national parks but not outside of them. During bear hunting season, conservation officers conduct routine checks. One day, the OPP receive a report from campers that they heard shots fired inside Algonquin National Park. The OPP transmits this information to the Natural
The data below shows DNA containing two STR regions for the bear carcasses that were examined on the day after the campers' complaint, and two known reference samples of bear sub-populations around Huntsville, including inside the park.
POSSIBLE POACHER'S DNA DATA
Reference #1: Genotype Indigenous to Park TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCATTATCGGAGTTATTATTAGATCGATCCATTCGGATCGGATAT
Reference #2: Genotype Indigenous to Park
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCATTATCGGAGGTCGAATTTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTA
Genotype of Bear A shot by Hunter Suzy McDonough
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCGATATCGCGGTTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTACGGATAT
Genotype of Bear B shot by Hunter Mandeep Pinky
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACCCATTATCGGAGGTCGATTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTAGCGCGGATC
Genotype of Bear C shot by Hunter Ajda El-Zabet
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCGATATCGCGGTTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTATTACGGATAT
Genotype of Bear D shot by Hunter Tomoko Satouchi
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCAVTTTCGGAGGTCGAYTTTATTATTATTATTATTATTA
Genotype of Bear E shot by Hunter Francis Kwapong
TCAGGGACGACGACGACGACGACGACGACCCATTATCGGAGGTCGATTATTATTATTAACGGATATGGCCG
Based on this data, which hunter hunted bears in Algonquin National Park? You must indicate why, for each hunter, they were not guilty, as well as identifying the perpetrator!
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