Herbarium specimens

Comparative analysis of different DNA extraction protocols in fresh and herbarium specimens of the genus Dalbergia

R. A. Ribeiro and Lovato, M. B., Comparative analysis of different DNA extraction protocols in fresh and herbarium specimens of the genus Dalbergia, vol. 6, pp. 173-187, 2007.

Five published DNA extraction protocols were compared for their ability to produce good quality DNA from fresh and herbarium leaves of several species of the genus Dalbergia. The leaves of these species contain high amounts of secondary metabolites, which make it difficult to perform a clean DNA extraction and thereby interfering with subsequent PCR amplification.

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