In this practical you will extract the DNA from strawberries. Strawberries can have up to eight copies of each chromosome and so contain a lot of DNA. When extracted from the strawberry this ...

Purification of DNA from cell extract In addition to DNA the cell extract will contain significant quantities ... Pellet the E. coli cells from a 5 ml overnight culture. Take a 1.5 ml aliquot of the ...

Forensic scientists use the unique nature of DNA to help catch criminals. They collect human cells left at a crime scene, perhaps from blood, saliva or hair. The forensic scientists then extract ...

and the purified DNA recovered. Current extraction protocols often break the DNA molecules into small fragments, due to stresses from centrifuging or from the tension of a flowing fluid pulling on ...

The extraction of genetic material from archaeological remains, known as ancient DNA, is helping scientists gain insights into our distant past. With advances in sequencing technology, these ...