Photo of the week #8 Animal DNA Storage

Dr.Cheryl Parmenter works in the UNM Museum of South Western Biology In the Mammal division. she is by a freezer containing mammal DNA the freezer is cold enough to give you frost bite if you leave your hand in long enough. They have it set extremely cold to preserve the DNA encase they need to go back and use the DNA for animal identification or to help with a crime investigations.

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I am a finishing up my last semester as an undergraduate studying wildlife biology in the Fish,Wildlife and Conservation Ecology department. I am a Caver and a Wildlife biologist. I tend to do photography as a hobby and I am wanting to expand my skills as a photographer other then just wildlife photography and cave photography.

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