DNA preparation from birch

[ForestFair]

Steve Rolf(s.rolfe at sheffield.ac.uk) asked:
>
>Does anyone have a good method for extracting DNA from young birch 
>seedlings for use in Southern blots? 

No personal experience, but you might want to check with the helpful folks at
 the Therion Corporation in Troy, NY.  They've done DNA analysis for 350+
 different ANIMALS, and perhaps they can direct you to a company doing similar
 work with plants.   They've done a lot of work in the field of Conservation
 Biology.

Their website is: http://www.theriondna.com.

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