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Sergio Vargas R. commented on Dirk Steinke's group 'Marine Barcoding'

"Hi Lyndell, the same came to my mind when I first heard about double inheritance... there are heaps of freeky beasts out there! As for slimy, I mean with too much mucus (mainly polysacharids). If you are extracting using spin columns and you tend…"

yesterday

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Dirk Steinke's group 'Marine Barcoding'

"Hi Lyndell, it seems you are amplifying two copies of the mtDNA, this is, if I'm not wrong, likely in molluscs because you can have both paternally and maternally inherited mtDNA coexisting in the same organism. I think this is tissue specific…"

Wednesday

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Dirk Steinke's group 'Marine Barcoding'

"Hi Lyndell, could you elaborate a bit on you sequencing problems? it may be easier to help you if provide more info. sergio"

Wednesday

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Gert Woerheide's group 'Sponge Barcoding'

"???? by Folmer fragment I mean the standard barcoding fragment. sergio"

Mar 4, 2011

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Gert Woerheide's group 'Sponge Barcoding'

"Hi Giulia, if you want to barcode your 5 sponge, you'r kind of stucked to the "Folmer" fragment. If you want to do something else, well you could check the literature (?) Sponge specific primers for the Folmer region are rather hard…"

Mar 2, 2011

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Gert Woerheide's group 'Sponge Barcoding'

"Hi Giulia, I'm also working with Antarctic sponges. You should try to desing more specific primers. If you are only working with Mycale this should not be a problem. sergio"

Mar 1, 2011

Sergio Vargas R. commented on Gert Woerheide's group 'Sponge Barcoding'

"Hey there, Cat McFadden was also interested in establishing an octocoral barcoding project, porting the sponge barcoding interface. A cnidarian barcoding project might be easier. Frederic, what marker do you guys use for barcoding…"

Feb 5, 2011

Sergio Vargas R. joined Gert Woerheide's group