Here’s my dilemma. I have run out of a rare gDNA sample that was donated to me. So far, I’ve been unable to locate any specimens of that very rare organism from which I need to amplify one segment.
However, I do have PCR product from a previous amplification of a completely different gene. Since that product has a tiny bit of gDNA, can I use it as the template for the amplification of a different region? The new PCR product is only about 100 bp long.
Problems I foresee: 1) The minute amount of gDNA in the PCR product; 2) The presence of 1st round primers; …?
I was thinking that I should: 1) Use a short replication step (How short?); 2) Vary the amount of 1st round product (which is second round template); 3) Use an abundance of 2nd round primers. Do you think this would work? Any other suggestions or thoughts?