● Plants:
Root, Stem or Petal: 450 mg
Leaf or Seed: 300 mg
Fruit: 1.2 g
● Animal:
Heart or Intestine: 450 mg
Viscera or Brain: 240 mg
Muscle: 600 mg
Bones, Hair or Skin: 1.5g
● Arthropods:
Insects: 9g
Crustacea: 450 mg
● Whole blood: 2 tubes
● Cells: 106 cells
● Serum and Plasma: 6 mL
Recommended Sample Delivery
Container: 2 ml centrifuge tube (Tin foil is not recommended)
Sample labeling: Group+replicate e.g. A1, A2, A3; B1, B2, B3.
Shipment:
1. Dry-ice: Samples need to be packed in bags and buried in dry-ice.
2. RNAstable tubes: RNA samples can be dried in RNA stabilization tube(e.g. RNAstable®) and shipped in room temperature.