DNA Specimen Preservation using DESS and DNA Extraction in Museum Collections: A Case Study Report
Eri Ogiso‐Tanaka, Daisuke Shimada, Akito Ogawa, Genki Ishiyama, Ken-ichi Okumura, Kentaro Hosaka, Chikako Ishii, Kyung-Ok Nam, Masakazu Hoshino, Shûhei Nomura, Showtaro Kakizoe, Yasuhide Nakamura, Isao Nishiumi, Minako Abe Ito, Taiju Kitayama, , Utsugi Jinbo
DESS (DMSO/EDTA/saturated NaCl) kept DNA at room temperature in animals, seagrasses and a brown alga, even after evaporating from bird muscle, but dissolves gastropod shells and holothurian ossicles.
Biology · Jun 19, 2025Peer-reviewedZoology✦ In-depth digest