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Fol. Biol. 2021, 67, 10-15

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2021067010010

The Effects of Different Storage Conditions and Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles on the Concentration, Purity and Integrity of Genomic DNA

M. Safarikova1, A. A. Kubena1, V. Frankova2, T. Zima1, Marta Kalousová1

1Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Received December 2020
Accepted May 2021

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