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Short Attention: What Kind Of Fish?
Hopkins Marine State, Pacific Grove, California -- What's the fish I'm eating? Join Dr. Steve Palumbi of Stanford University and Lynne Rossetto Kaspar, host of "The Splendid Table", as they use DNA to solve the Case of the Counterfeit Fish.
Added: May 7, 2009
Views: 4992 Views
Runtime: 05:32
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