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*10.42 One application of DNA fingerprinting technology has been to identify stolen children and return them to their parents. Bobby Larson was taken from a supermarket parking lot in New Jersey in 1978, when he was 4years old. In 1990, a 16-year-old boy called Ronald Scottwas found in California, living with a couple named Susan and James Scott, who claimed to be his parents. Authorities suspected that Susan and James might be the kidnappers and that Ronald Scott might be Bobby Larson. DNA samples were obtained from Mr. and Mrs. Larson and from Ronald, Susan, and James Scott. Then DNAfingerprinting was done, using a multilocus probe for a particular VNTR family, with the results shown in the following figure. From the information in the figure, what can you say about the parentage of Ronald Scott? Explain. Table
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