Does anyone know or recommend a commercial kit to extract RNA from invertebrate larvae?

Vanessa Fernandez Rodriguez @Vanessa-Fernandez-Rodriguez

17 May 2023 0 8K Report

I am trying to isolate high quality RNA from marine worms larvae using Direct-Zol RNA microprep from Zymo and the yield is very low. My biggest concern is the homogenization of the larvae once they are in TRIzol.

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