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DNA extraction

Leaf samples for DNA extraction are frozen using liquid nitrogen, then immediately ground while still frozen using a pestle and mortar, in order to start breaking down cell walls.

 

Photo credit: CIMMYT.

 

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Uploaded on May 17, 2010
Taken on May 17, 2010