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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Resins, Plant > Amber
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Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Plant Exudates > Resins, Plant > Amber

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Amber  

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  • A yellowish fossil resin, the gum of several species of coniferous trees, found in the alluvial deposits of northeastern Germany. It is used in molecular biology in the analysis of organic matter fossilized in amber.

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