Rehydration of DNA

[Richard P. Grant]

In article <388411aa.23358787 at news.tas.gov.au>, 
jeremy.carson at dpiwe.tas.gov.au (JCarson) wrote:

> We presume that the poor amplification that occus immediately after
> elution is because the DNA is not fully rehydrated.

It is probably more likely that there is silica in your DNA prep, and 
that overnight it settles on the bottom of the tube.  Silica inhibits 
PCR.

Trust me on this :-))

R

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