Fossil DNA analysis. Scientist extracting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from the fossilised bone of an extinct animal. The extracted DNA will then be an

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Fossil DNA analysis. Scientist extracting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from the fossilised bone of an extinct animal. The extracted DNA will then be analysed to identify its constituent genes. Photographed at the Plateforme Nationale de Paleogenetique (PALGENE) of the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Lyon, France.

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