Testing the best way to preserve field samples of submerged aquatic vegetation over a number of time spans. We collected Elodea species from a site in Winters, CA and preserved it in Zymo’s Xpedition
All samples were sexed using DNA extracted from feathers, except for the storm-killed birds in Portugal (sexed by dissection) and the chicks sampled in France (sexed using DNA extracted from faeces -
Given extensive variability in feed composition, the absence of a dedicated DNA extraction kit for poultry feed underscores the need for an optimized extraction technique for reliable downstream seque