Earlier today, I isolated gDNA from C.bairdi 20102558-2729 ethanol-preserved muscle tissue using the Quick DNA/RNA MicroPrep Plus Kit (ZymoResearch) and prepared the tissue in three different ways to see how they would compare:
Ran 10uL of each sample on a 0.8% agarose, 1x low TAE gel with ethidium bromide.
Used the GeneRuler DNA Ladder Mix (ThermoFisher) as ladder.
RESULTS
Ladder:
From left to right, gel was loaded:
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Ladder
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“damp” sample prep
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“dry” sample prep
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“minced” sample prep
Well, all three preps look the same - very degraded. This is virtually the same as what I saw using the E.Z.N.A. Mollusc Kit (Omega). Looke like we’ll have to pursue a different route to get high quality gDNA for long read sequencing.
Will talk to Grace to see if we have extra hemolymph samples in RNAlater that I can try to get gDNA from and see if that gDNA looks any better.