• lurker_supreme [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      theres a trillion bacteria in there, how would you separate the human dna from the bacteria dna

      e: it turns out you can get dna from poop, at least from what I saw from googling. crazy stuff

      • nednobbins@lemmy.zip
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        I think there are at least two basic techniques. You can isolate the human DNA and that will generally be isolated to a single person (ignoring amorous encounters). Or you could profile the entire gut biom.