Extracting Octoploid (Strawberry) DNA
using everyday materials in your own home
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- Basic Ingredients
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- Strawberries and a zip-lock bag
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- After adding soap, salt, and meat tenderizer… and some varied pressure
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- Pouring the solution through filter paper
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- Filtered and broken down strawberry pulp
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- Adding chilled isopropanol
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- The polymer chains of DNA immediately precipitate out
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- Isolated DNA