Fossil DNA analysis. Screen showing some of the nucleotides that make up the genes in a sample of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) extracted from a fossili

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Fossil DNA analysis. Screen showing some of the nucleotides that make up the genes in a sample of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) extracted from a fossilised animal bone. Photographed at the Plateforme Nationale de Paleogenetique (PALGENE) of the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Lyon, France.

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