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DNA on parchment

Sarah Zang writes briefly about using DNA in old books and parchment to study the past, “The Lab Discovering DNA in Old Books” in The Atlantic. It’s frustratingly short, but interesting: The team has since sampled 5,000 animals from parchment…. They’ve found that a type of ultrafine parchment, sometimes purported to come from squirrels or […]

Posted byPaul RomaineFebruary 21, 2019March 2, 2019Posted inBook history, ScienceLeave a comment on DNA on parchment

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