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- Title
Successful extraction of DNA from 100-year-old herbarium specimens of the liverwort Bazzania trilobata.
- Authors
Jankowiak, Kamila; Buczkowska, Katarzyna; Szweykowska-Kulinska, Zofia
- Abstract
Using a modified DNeasy™ Plant Mini Kit method to extract DNA, we were able to isolate DNA from 100-year-old liverwort herbarium specimens. We successfully isolated DNA from 18 specimens of the liverwort Bazzania trilobata collected during the 20th century. Our observations suggest that, at least over 100 years of material storage, the most crucial factor in successful DNA isolation is method of drying, not age of sample.
- Subjects
DNA; LIVERWORTS; HERBARIA; BOTANICAL specimens; BAZZANIA
- Publication
Taxon, 2005, Vol 54, Issue 2, p335
- ISSN
0040-0262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/25065361