Pls advise if its ok to use common DNA Extraction kits for tissues to extract total DNA from fish fins, targeting to amplify a gene from mtDNA?

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Mushtak T. S. Al-Ouqaili Popular answer

Hi Christian...

You can extract DNA using ''DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit,

Qiagen''.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257790118_Standardization_of_Genomic_DNA_Isolation_from_Minute_Quantities_of_Fish_Scales_and_Fins_Amenable_to_RAPD-PCR

Badreddine Mechri

Dear Christian,

You should use a Mitochondrial Dna isolation kit like ABCAM or Qiagen.

I also recommend looking at the following link:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_best_method_for_isolation_of_mitochondrial_DNA_from_tissue_samples

Mushtak T. S. Al-Ouqaili

Michael J White

We get all the mitochondrial DNA when we use the DNeasy kit from qiagen