Recently in class, I extracted DNA from my saliva. I swished Gatorade around in my mouth and spit it into a test tube, added lysome and inverted the tube causing bubbles to come to the top of the surface. Then I added alcohol which created a visible layer on toop of the previous mixture. After letting the test tube rest for fifteen minutes, strands of DNA were visible towards the top of the mixture. Overall, the experiment came out good. I was able to see the DNA from my saliva, which was the initial purpose of the experiment. I saw animal DNA for the first time. From this experiment, I learned that DNA is everywhere, even my saliva.
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