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Moa coprolite

Paleoecologist researcher Dr Janet Wilmshurs and a moa coprolite

Paleoecologist researcher Dr Janet Wilmshurst from Landcare Research examines a moa coprolite. The sterile mask and suit are worn when extracting and working with ancient DNA to prevent contaminating the coprolite with modern DNA.

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Rights: Dr Jamie Wood, Landcare Research
Published: 13 December 2013Size: 646.17 KB
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