Sample   Altitudes (meters) Absorbance Quantity OD (260 nm) OD (280 nm) Ratio (260/280) DNA (µg /µl.) Mukteshwar 2800 0.052 0.031 1.7 0.65 Nainital 2200 0.182 0.096 1.8 2.27 Ghorakhal 2000 0.116 0.067 1.73 1.45 Bhimtal 1300 0.163 0.097 1.7 2.037 Haldwani 424 0.167 0.100 1.67 2.6

Table 1: The quantity and purity of DNA obtained from the qualitative and quantitative analysis of our five DNA samples.