PCR from hair follicles/buccal(sp?) ce

[Mike Morris]

  We make DNA from cheek scrapes for PCR and for Southerns. We scrape
with a sort of "ice lolly stick" - incubate the tip of the
stick in NaCl/EDTA, SDS, proteinase K - extract 1x phenol, 1 or 2x 
chloroform. 
  It may not be high speed, but it always works for PCR and
for Southerns (of mitochondrial DNA - I haven't tried nuclear genes).
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Michael Morris PhD            
Division of Medical Genetics       tel (Switzerland) (22) 702.56.94
CMU, University of Geneva          fax (Switzerland) (22) 702.57.06
Geneva, Switzerland                email mike at medsun.unige.ch