In the early 1950s, experiments by two teams of researchers, Salvador Luria working with Mary Human and Joe Bertani working with Jean Weigle, showed that some strains of bacteria were more resistant ...
The use of restriction enzymes to characterize DNA has been popular since the 1970s. Today, this technique remains one of the easiest and fastest ways to evaluate DNA sequences. As with most ...
Once pure samples of DNA have been prepared, it can be manipulated in several ways; cut at specific sites and then joined together in a controlled manner. They also can be shortened, lengthened, ...