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A Rapid and Inexpensive Method for the Purification of DNA from Lichens and their Symbionts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Daniele Armaleo
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0338, USA.
Philippe Clerc
Affiliation:
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Ch. de l’lmpératrice 1, Case Postale 60 CH-1292 Chambésy/GE, Switzerland.

Abstract

A simple DNA extraction method is described, applicable to many different kinds of lichens. The method involves the use of the detergents DTAB and CTAB and yields DNA that can be directly amplified with the polymerase chain reaction or digested with restriction enzymes

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1995

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