http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/03/going-for-the-gut-dna-from-beetle-stomachs-reveals-larger/ News about the Smithsonian’s research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology, zoology, and global climate change. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/03/going-for-the-gut-dna-from-beetle-stomachs-reveals-larger/#comment-24244 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:52:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=25399#comment-24244 Thank you for sharing your work. My reaction- Fascination with the calculus of living chemistry is the focus for getting to know more about bugs, what they eat, what eats them. Transformation strings. Why eat a fly- perhaps to catch a spider. What to eat, a passive plant or active animal. Does my stomach mash-up DNA define, categorize, or identity me?

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