A new way to extract DNA will mean that hundreds of thousands of shell samples in museums will now be available for study.
The new method will also lead to improved approaches to the conservation of our at risk mollusc species.
PhD candidate at the University of Otago's Department of Zoology and lead author, Kerry Walton joins Jesse to talk about their technique to extract the DNA - and what it can tell us.
Kerry Walton Photo: supplied/Otago University
