Ancient DNA extraction methods for herbarium specimens: When is it worth the effort?

Pia Marinček Natascha Dorothea Wagner Salvatore Tomasello

Published in: Applications in plant sciences (2022)

This method comparison revealed that, for younger specimens, DNA extraction using a standard kit might be sufficient. For old and precious herbarium specimens, aDNA extraction methods are better suited to meet the requirements for next-generation sequencing.

Keyphrases

circulating tumor
cell free
single molecule
fine needle aspiration
circulating tumor cells
copy number
nucleic acid
dna methylation