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Table 1 DNA yield is dependent on tissue type

From: Extraction of amplifiable DNA from embalmed human cadaver tissue

Tissue

ng/μl

260/280

Cerebellum

463.35 (± 316.98)

1.90 (± 0.09)

Cerebral cortex (grey matter)

66.468 (± 36.37)

1.83 (± 0.10)

Cerebral cortex (white matter)

15.3 (± 12.9)

1.71 (± 0.15)

Heart

7.9 (± 7.59)

1.54 (± 0.29)

Bone

32.95 (± 27.6)

1.75 (± 0.18)

Cerebellum

 15/16F

740.7 (± 152.83)

1.95 (± 0.09)

 15/16M

546.87 (± 345.32

1.89 (± 0.11)

 14/15M

137.47 (± 54.84)*Ϯ

1.81 (± 0.15)

 13/14M

55.3 (± 21.3)*Ϯ

1.84 (± 0.09)

Cerebral cortex (grey matter)

 15/16F

103.7 (± 21.92)

1.85 (± 0.13)

 15/16M

78.85 (± 27.36)

1.94 (± 0.10)

 14/15M

26.95 (± 7.42)*Ϯ

1.82 (± 0.07)

 13/14M

14.95 (± 5.16)*Ϯ

1.87 (± 0.10)

  1. Quantification (ng/μl) and absorbance 260/280 ratio of DNA isolated from the indicated tissue sources from four cadaver donors. Mean and standard deviation are reported. These results are an average of a minimum of three independent extractions. Student t-test was used to indicate significance between groups (*p ≤ 0.01 compared to 15/16F and Ϯp ≤ 0.01 compared to 15/16M)