Silica gel: An ideal material for field preservation of leaf samples for DNA studies
1991/05/01 by Mark W. Chase, Harold H. Hills · 988 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Biochemistry #Biology #Botany #Chemistry #Chromatography #DNA #Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics #Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases #Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics #Restriction enzyme #Silica gel #Taxon
paper · doi:10.2307/1222975
published in Taxon 40(2), 215-220 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 1991/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Abstract
Summary Chase, M. W. & Hills, H. H.: Silica gel: An ideal material for field preservation of leaf samples for DNA studies. ‐ Taxon 40: 215–220. 1991. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. Silica gels an inexpensive and reliable substance to preserve field‐collected leaves for molecular studies of variation in DNA. A method for its utilization is explained, and results are presented, comparing total cellular DNA samples extracted from a set of fresh and silica‐gel dried samples of the same species, as well as examining the efficiency of endonuclease restriction and intactness of DNA from of a set of field‐collected leaves preserved with silica gel.
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