Thar she blows! Novel method for collecting dolphin DNA
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 00:07
in Biology & Nature
A team of scientists has announced it is the first to extract DNA from dolphin blow (breath exhalations). The researchers found that blow-sampling, which involves collecting exhalations from the blowholes of whales, dolphins and porpoises, could be developed as a less invasive method for DNA collection.