While at the COA convention, I heard a conversation about extracting DNA
from the hard portion of a dead shell. It would seem to me that it would be
difficult to extract DNA from mineral compound. Would/is there sufficient
organic material deposited within the layers to extract DNA? This would
open some interesting possibilities when 250+ yr old holotypes are still
extant.
Wayne
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