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Prince William assists on strawberry DNA extraction experiment

Prince William described himself as a "beautiful assistant" as he helped social science star Big Manny with an experiment. The pair were working together to extract DNA - genetic information inside cells - from a strawberry.

In a video, Prince William was seen holding a sandwich bag for Big Manny to place and then squash the strawberry, explaining that it will "release all the cell content" and "break the cell wall".

Writing on a post on Instagram, Big Manny explained that he and the prince had been visiting the company NatureMetrics, where the unexpected duo had been finding out how they extract "environmental DNA from soil, rivers and the air to learn more about the world".

Later in the video Prince William held a science beaker for Big Manny to add ingredients for the solution used for DNA extraction.

Read more at BBC

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