>You would have the same luck as getting DNA from hair that was cut off,
>not pulled out. Without cellular material, there is no DNA!
Agreed. Like the calcium carbonate of the shell, conchiolin is a
secretion, not a tissue. No DNA.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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