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>Subject: [ZOOARCH] query
> From: Salima Ikram <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:32:52 +0200
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>Can one do DNA on leather to determine what animal it is from, or does
>the tanning process compromise the DNA?
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>Salima Ikram
>Professor of Egyptology
>American University in Cairo
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It seems that nuclear DNA is destroyed, while mtDNA survives.
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18632595
So it should be possible to use DNA barcoding to identify what animal tanned leather comes from.
Richard
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