Refining Feulgen: low-cost and accurate genome size measurements for everyone
M.Tawfeeq, M.; Swaelus, U.; Rodriguez Gaudray, F.; Silva, F. E.; Grumiau, L.; Verdebout, T.; Flot, J.-F.
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Feulgen image analysis densitometry (FIAD) has been extensively used for decades to measure genome sizes, but is usually considered less precise and less reproducible compared to other methods such as flow cytometry (FCM). However, FCM requires fresh tissue samples, which is a major impediment to using it on specimens collected in the field far from the lab. By contrast, FIAD works on ethanol-preserved samples kept at room temperature, which is a huge advantage for biodiversity genomics. In this study, we present refinements on the Feulgen protocol and downstream analyses that produce measurements at least as reliable and precise as those obtained using whole-genome sequencing. We illustrate it by measuring for the first time the genome size of the red bald uakari monkey Cacajao rubicundus using the American cockroach Periplaneta americana and the black garden ant Lasius niger as standards.
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