A Paleontologist Has Recovered a Bit of Tissue from the 400-Year-Old

question 42

Multiple Choice

A paleontologist has recovered a bit of tissue from the 400-year-old preserved skin of an extinct dodo (a bird) . To compare a specific region of the DNA from a sample with DNA from living birds, which of the following would be most useful for increasing the amount of dodo DNA available for testing?

• A) SNP analysis
• B) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
• C) electroporation
• D) gel electrophoresis

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