How “Ancient Chewing Gum” Highlights the Utility of DNA Analysis

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…

What’s in a Name? C. elegans Edition

The famed model organism Caenorhabditis elegans has quite a few feathers in its cap. It was the first multicellular organism to have its genome sequenced and the only organism to have its entire neuron wiring (connectome) mapped. Moreover, C. elegans research has…