{"id":113572,"date":"2020-09-29T15:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/researchers-extract-dna-from-insects-embedded-in-resin"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:26:47","slug":"researchers-extract-dna-from-insects-embedded-in-resin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/researchers-extract-dna-from-insects-embedded-in-resin","title":{"rendered":"Researchers extract DNA from insects embedded in resin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-extract-dna-from-insects-embedded-in-resin2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, Senckenberg scientist M\u00f3nica Sol\u00f3rzano-Kraemer, together with lead authors David Peris and Kathrin Janssen of the University of Bonn and additional colleagues from Spain and Norway, successfully extracted genetic material from insects that were embedded in six- and two-year-old resin samples. DNA\u2014in particular, DNA from extinct animals\u2014is an important tool in the identification of species. In the future, the researchers plan to use their new methods on older resin inclusions, as well. The study was published today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of extracting DNA from resin-embedded organisms inevitably invokes memories of the blockbuster \u201cJurassic Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we have no intention of raising dinosaurs,\u201d says Dr. M\u00f3nica Sol\u00f3rzano-Kraemer of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum. \u201cRather, our current study is a structured attempt to determine how long the DNA of insects enclosed in resinous materials can be preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, Senckenberg scientist M\u00f3nica Sol\u00f3rzano-Kraemer, together with lead authors David Peris and Kathrin Janssen of the University of Bonn and additional colleagues from Spain and Norway, successfully extracted genetic material from insects that were embedded in six- and two-year-old resin samples. DNA\u2014in particular, DNA from extinct animals\u2014is an important tool in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113589,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113572\/revisions\/113589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}