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Pristine DNA discovered in fossilized eggshells

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Finding could advance sequencing studies of ancient animals.

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  1. Oskam, C. L. et al. Proc. R. Soc. B advance online publication doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.2019 (2010).

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Kaplan, M. Pristine DNA discovered in fossilized eggshells. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.111

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