Open AccessA Brief History and Practical Applications in DNA Extraction
Author(s) -
Hailey L. Gahlon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chimia international journal for chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2020.907
Subject(s) - dna , biochemist , dna extraction , extraction (chemistry) , computational biology , dna sequencing , biology , nanotechnology , chemistry , genetics , engineering , biochemical engineering , chromatography , polymerase chain reaction , gene , materials science
In the late 1860s, DNA was first identified by the Swiss physician and biochemist Friedrich Miescher. Since this time, we have solved its structure, learned how DNA divides in our cells, and elucidated molecular mechanisms for the transmission of our hereditary information. Fundamental to all these discoveries is the ability to extract our DNA in high purity. In laboratories today, DNA extraction is a routine practice performed from readily available commercial kits. However, in the late 1800s, DNA extraction was an emerging method that required tedious laboratory approaches.
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