the environment decides how long D.N.A. survives

An example of anthropomorphism in broadcast science journalism

"The environment decides how long that D.N.A. survives and is stable."

Dr David Duffy

Dr David Duffy (assistant professor of wildlife disease genomics, University of Florida), was interviewed on an episode of BBC Inside Science.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.