Frogs were one of the ten plagues, right?
FINALLY, the moment I have been waiting for…the tomato frog samples came in today!!
Alas, they are packaged in a giant cardboard box with hundreds of other reptile and amphibian samples. Maybe “packaged” isn’t quite the best word…apparently throwing all the little tubes in a box and taping it up is adequate for shipping rare frog samples halfway across the world. Shockingly, the box opened mid-trip, and an undetermined number of little tubes may/may not have spilled out.
Anyways, the frogs are here, but first the samples have to be sorted. There are lots and lots and LOTS of tubes. So today, I discovered the tedious side of lab work: sorting and organization. Luckily, everyone tells me I’m anal retentive when it comes to organization, so I seem to have a leg up on this kind of work.
Once the samples are sorted, though, the fun begins…isolating, amplifying, and sequencing the DNA. Lots to do next week!