Safe DNA-extraction Protocol Suitable for Studying Tree-fungus Interactions
[Abstract] We present a safe and low-cost method suitable for DNA extraction from mycelium and tree tissue samples. After sample preparation, the extraction takes about 60 min. Method performance was tested by extracting DNA from various tree tissue samples and from mycelium grown on solid and liquid media. DNA was extracted from juvenile and mature host ...
An Optimized CTAB Method for Genomic DNA Extraction from Freshly-picked Pinnae of Fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
Authors: Yi Shu,
Jin Wan-Ting,
Yuan Ya-Ning and
Fang Yu-Han,
date: 07/05/2018,
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[Abstract] As the sister clade of seed plants, ferns are significant materials for plant phylogeny research. However, the genomic DNA extraction protocol for fern samples like modified CTAB method still lacks robustness. Here, we found that the amount and condition of the pinnae samples are critical for gDNA extraction in fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris ...
Determining Genome Size from Spores of Seedless Vascular Plants
Authors: Li-Yaung Kuo and
Yao-Moan Huang ,
date: 06/05/2017,
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[Abstract] Seedless vascular plants, including ferns and lycophytes, produce spores to initiate the gametophyte stage and to complete sexual reproduction. Approximately 10% of them are apomictic through the production of genomic unreduced spores. Being able to measure the spore nuclear DNA content is therefore important to infer their reproduction mode. Here ...
Genomic DNA Extraction and Genotyping of Dictyochloropsis Green Algae Strains
[Abstract] Dictyochloropsis is an ecologically important genus of free-living and symbiotic green algae. Representatives of this genus are horizontally transmitted among several fungi of the family Lobariaceae, thus forming photobiont-mediated guilds. This protocol is suitable for extracting DNA from algal cultures and lichen samples and for ...