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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·28 days agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912235/ tl;dr: “DNA staining” means they use something that reacts with DNA to indicate its presence. So if you paint the rock and it turns purple, you know where to look for DNA.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5912235/
tl;dr: “DNA staining” means they use something that reacts with DNA to indicate its presence. So if you paint the rock and it turns purple, you know where to look for DNA.