I would like to know what do you think or if somebody have had experience extracting DNA from Museum specimens. In this particular case I am talking about those specimens that are not preserved in alcohol, but just in entomological collections, where they are kept in boxes with some naphthalene or silica gel inside the box.
I have been told that I could try using a part of a leg of the butterfly, but is difficult to extract the DNA (Previous experience on mosquitoes).
Do you consider feasible to extract DNA from those specimens? in terms of amount and quality of DNA?
Any comment, recommendation or previous experience would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
Liliana