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Do-It-Yourself strawberry DNA

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There are kits you can purchase to help you extract DNA. Hereโ€™s an interesting way you can do it with ingredients right from your kitchen cupboard! Check out these detailed instructions on the ingredients youโ€™ll need and how to get started with your own DNA experiments.

Strawberries, bacteria, humansโ€“all living things have genes, and all of these genes are made of DNA. How do scientists take DNA out of a living thing? Itโ€™s not that hardโ€“there are lots of ways to do it! You can follow the directions in the video above to get DNA out of a strawberry.

Other DNA projects @ MAKE:

  • Make Talk Episode #11 with DIYBiologist Tito Jankowski โ€“ Link
  • Extract DNA In Your Kitchen โ€“ Link
  • DNA Hacking โ€“ Link
  • HOW TO โ€“ Extract DNA from anything living โ€“ Link
  • Art from your DNA โ€“ Link
  • DIY DNA Explorer Kit โ€“ Link
  • Coffee shop offers DNA testing โ€“ Link
  • WEB2DNA โ€“ Convert your website into DNA art โ€“ Link
  • New X PRIZE โ€“ A race to a better human genetic map โ€“ Link

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