Does anyone know a DNA extraction protocol from starfish?

25 May 2021 1 4K Report

I tried different protocols but at the beginning of the procedure the tissue (starfish gonads) gelifies and blocks the other extraction phases.

Tiziano Gastaldi

Penso che possa saperne qualcosa il Professor Luciano Periale fisico del CERN di Torino che lavora all'UNI Di Torino. Una volta si occupava di codici genetici nei segnali magnetici che arrivavano in fondo all'oceano.

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