Department of Biological Sciences

Waikato DNA Sequencing Facility Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The WDSF takes all due care when undertaking the testing of DNA templates but does not accept liability for any failed reactions that occur due to:

• Incorrect DNA concentrations given
• Incorrect Primer concentration supplied
• Failure to provide necessary or accurate information.
• Poor Template or Primer quality

Control reactions are regularly run and the WDSF is in any doubt as to the cause of failed or low quality reactions, the reactions will be repeated provided sufficient primer and template is available.

Common Causes

Causes of poor results may include, but are not limited to;

• Degraded or Heterogeneous material
• Contaminating Salts (such as Mg2+)
• Residual process buffers
• Chelating agents (especially EDTA)
• Chaotropic agents
• Solvents
• Proteins

Please remember that the Waikato DNA sequencing facility provides sequencing and genotyping for research and academic purposes only, and results should not be used for diagnostic purposes.