The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

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I was just watching a documentary about dinosaurs, and this question came to mind. In Jurassic Park, the whole story is based…

DNA Fingerprint

Posted by user2836596, at biology.stackexchange.com, 08 Sep 2014

I recently came across an article indicating that the half life of DNA in the most ideal situations is 521 years (http://www.natu…

If DNA has a half life of about 500 years, how can old seeds be planted?

Posted by Andrey, at biology.stackexchange.com, 14 Mar 2014

According to this article, DNA has a half life of 512…

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