Still in progress, but here are the data I do have!
Hey all, It’s been a while since my last update, and the pandemic has severely limited my lab work within the last year. I still don’t have all the data I need for my purposes, but I do have some data that kind people who sent me samples might be interested in: Russulaceae DNA barcodes from ten of the community-sourced samples. I thought I’d provide those for anyone who wants them and explain next steps. They’ll be in a list below the text with initials of the collector and state collected, so you can find your sample if it’s one of the few I’ve successfully sequenced. I’ll explain what you can do with your sequence, if desired. These DNA sequences are from Sanger sequencing, which is the most basic and “traditional” type of sequencing. This only allows me to sequence one version of the DNA barcode (ITS) at a time. This process requires me to PCR-amplify the ITS region of DNA so there are many, many copies of the same sequence. PCR, the process that allows me to copy the s...