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Comparison of the novel dipstick DNA extraction technique with two established techniques for use in biological barcoding

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Biology Reports, September 2019
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Title
Comparison of the novel dipstick DNA extraction technique with two established techniques for use in biological barcoding
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Molecular Biology Reports, September 2019
DOI 10.1007/s11033-019-05083-0
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Avrie Martello, Brett Lambert, Clifton Johnston, Jacob Cutler, Christof F. Stumpf

Abstract

The novel dipstick DNA extraction method was tested for its reliability and usability for biological barcoding in comparison to a commercial kit and to a simplified isopropanol precipitation method using crayfish gill tissue. Following DNA extraction, the mitochondrial COI-gene was amplified in a PCR-reaction using a standard set of universal invertebrate primers. All three extraction techniques resulted in successful amplifications. With the dipstick method, PCR immediately follows the very brief DNA extraction technique. We suggest that the dipstick method is an affordable, efficient, and reliable DNA extraction method uniquely suited for biological barcoding that results in reliable and reproducible amplification for downstream applications such as sequencing. Additional tests on crayfish with primers for different parts of the mitochondrial genome and on fish using specific fish COI-primers confirmed these findings. Due to the few steps involved in the DNA extraction procedure the dipstick technique is also highly recommended for high school and university biology courses.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 19 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 26%
Student > Master 2 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 11%
Other 1 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 7 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 16%
Environmental Science 2 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 11%
Engineering 2 11%
Chemistry 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 8 42%
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#18,692,168
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