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Sometime late last year the human species reached a new milestone: there are now over 8 billion people living on Earth! This is more than double the population that existed fifty years ago, and our species doesn't seem to have…
Electrophoresis is a biotechnology technique that separates mixtures of molecules based on charge, shape, and size using electricity and a porous gel matrix. It is commonly used to separate dyes, proteins, and nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. During electrophoresis,…
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Genomic DNA analysis has become a fundamental component of many high school teaching laboratories. Some of our best-selling kits involve simulations of practical, modern uses of the technique. Specifically, forensic DNA fingerprinting (for example, experiments 130 and 371) and simulations…
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