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After gathering the supplies together, the salt, water, and paper (torn into smaller strips) were mixed in a blender until the consistency of the liquid was entirely homogenous. Once this consistency was reached, the liquid was poured into a beaker through a strainer in order to remove any solids remaining, and the liquid soap was then mixed in. This mixture then sat to rest for several minutes before being divided amongst the test tubes, and a pinch of the meat tenderizing powder was added to the liquid in each tube and carefully stirred using a cotton stick. A small amount of isopropyl alcohol was then poured into each test tube, and the test tubes were examined for the white string substance at the border of the alcohol and the water mixture that is DNA.

Results: Despite expectations, the DNA substance did form in each of the test tubes, suggesting that ample organic material had been left intact during the making of the paper.
This confirms that all organic material has DNA and that this DNA can be extracted long after much trauma to the material.

Discussion:

The fact that DNA could still be extracted from paper made from wood pulp even after all of the bleaching, heating, and pressing that the pulp was subjected to during the process. It would even be possible, of enough laboratory materials were available for decoding the DNA that formed in the test tubes, to determine exactly what kind of wood pulp -- that is, what types of tree or trees -- were used to make the paper sample that was used in the experiment (Reeves 2008)......

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