McClellan argues that the demographic history described in the Book of Mormon would disrupt the conditions needed to preserve and identify a small founding group’s genetic signature. He concludes that recovery of Lehi’s or Mulek’s DNA is improbable and that, without an identifiable founding signature, the narrative does not supply a testable population-genetic hypothesis.
- David A. McClellan, “Detecting Lehi’s Genetic Signature: Possible, Probable, or Not?,” FARMS Review 15, no. 2 (2003): 35-90.
the Book of Mormon does not present a testable hypothesis in terms of human population genetics.