DNA damage in plant herbarium tissue.

Dried plant herbarium specimens are potentially a valuable source of DNA. Efforts to obtain genetic information from this source are often hindered by an inability to obtain amplifiable DNA as herbarium DNA is typically highly degraded. DNA post-mortem damage may not only reduce the number of amplif...

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Main Authors: Martijn Staats, Argelia Cuenca, James E Richardson, Ria Vrielink-van Ginkel, Gitte Petersen, Ole Seberg, Freek T Bakker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22163018/?tool=EBI