A Gross Experiment.

During lab on Monday, my class extracted our DNA via a really disgusting method - which is to fill a vial with 2ml of our saliva with check cells in it.

It was really gross but worth it cause just look at the mass of DNA!

It's the cloudy tangled mass floating in the red dye.

Producing that much saliva was harder than I thought especially with phlegm. :D

My class was entirely embarrassed about having to spit several times to get saliva with no bubbles. It was so hilarious. Everyone had a serious face and were all gargling and trying to spit discreetly into the vial.

It was definitely something new and interesting for me. (: