DNA Lab Extracts Mitochondrial DNA from Bone Samples to Identify Missing Service Members [Image 3 of 11]

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09.25.2008

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Carla Paintner, a supervisory DNA analyst at the Armed Forces DNA Identifications Lab in Rockville, Md., holds a test tube of a finely ground bone sample ready to begin the process of extracting the mitochondrial DNA. The lab samples the mitochondrial DNA of 800 bone and tooth samples a year provided by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

• Date Taken: 09.25.2008
• Date Posted: 07.03.2025 19:32
• Photo ID: 9155087
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