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It is easy to extract DNA from something like strawberries at home, as Walter Bodmer demonstrates in this clip from his second Christmas Lecture.
Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1984/the-message-of-the-genes/the-spice-of-life?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description
Walter Bodmer gave the 1984 Christmas Lectures “The Message of the Genes” about how much of the variety of mankind can be explained by genetics.
The second lecture of the series looks into the building blocks of life, from salts, sugars, and fats, to more complicated compounds like proteins and DNA.
Watch the full series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1984/the-message-of-the-genes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description
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