Department of Biological Sciences

Waikato DNA Sequencing Facility

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 if the WDSF is in any doubt as to the cause of failed or low quality reactions, the reactions can be repeated provided sufficient primer and template is available.

Repeats and reruns are performed at the sole discretion of the WDSF

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

Official Usage

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 forensic, medical or diagnostic purposes.