Valerie W.

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Would Windex be a good solution for rehydrating dry preserved arthropod specimens?

Often, arthropod specimens in museum collections that are preserved in ethanol will accidentally dry out due to evaporation. The typical protocol for rehydrating such specimens is to use a...

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When doing DNA extraction, what are the advantages of using Proteinase K over guanidine hydrochloride?

For many years I've been using a simple solution of guanidine hydrochloride and water as my lysis buffer when doing DNA extraction (both for arthropods and fungi). It's always worked fine for me...

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