I was amazed by this video advertisement promoting thermocycler. Watch this clip and you see a geek dancing at 00.33.

You can watch other dance:
- Do the Helix Dance.
- Do the TaqMan.
- Do the Replication.
Link - AppliedBiosystems
Send me a comment on which dance that you like most.
There is one remarkable biologist at Procter & Gamble named Thomas Dawson who dedicated his work on Malassezia - the fungi that cause of dandruffs.

Here’s the slideshow - Just click the picture below to watch it from the main site.
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If you are preparing experiment about DNA fingerprinting in your school lab, I’ve found some important links that contain experiment components, background, procedures and etc - all in PDF file format:
- DNA Fingerprinting - Identification of DNA by Restriction Fragmentation Patterns for Crime Scene Investigation
- DNA Paternity Testing Simulation
- Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Using PCR
DNA testing during pregnancy though is common, it is considered risky and harmful to the mother and baby. Hence, it is advisable to avoid any paternity testing for females who are expecting. Usually, the reasons for the prenatal testing are to confirm on several theories like confirming on the biological identity of the father, detect the sex of the baby and to confirm the pregnancy. Carrying out this test during pregnancy is 99.9% accurate in proving paternity.
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