I'd like to ask a few questions;
People said that Bouin fixative is not recommended for molecular studies and ethanol does the work much better. Let say what I am try to fixate is a parasite reside in the cephalopods body (kidney). First I need to fixate the kidney smear containing parasites for characterization using microscopy and then I need to do molecular technique for the parasite itself for more analysis.
1. What should I do for the sample preservation? In case I need to bring it overseas.
2. Is it really that bad to extract DNA from the bouin fixated tissues or parasite? Is it impossible?
Thank you.