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Letter: DNA could unmask monsters in murky waters

Published 12 June 2019

From John Woodgate, Rayleigh, Essex, UK

After reading your article about detecting species fromfree-floating DNA in river and lake ecosystems, it seems to me that the waters of Loch Ness should be tested for unfamiliar DNA, reptilian or otherwise (18 May, p 8). But I am sure that there are people who would object.

Issue no. 3234 published 15 June 2019

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