Please enter your name, address and contact details. Then send a copy of this page via email to dnabank@kew.org together with your request prior to printing out and submitting this order to ensure we can accomodate this.
I enclose a cheque in Pound Sterling or US Dollars2, made payable to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. By electronic transfer of funds. Please send an invoice. Credit Card (VISA or Mastercard only).
for the sum of £35.25.
Please send to:DNA Bank ManagerJodrell LaboratoryRoyal Botanic GardensKewSurreyTW9 3AB
DNA samples can be purchased from Kew using this site. The fees assessed do not imply that DNA samples are being purchased, but rather this fee is meant to offset the cost of producing the sample, maintaining it and shipping it. The great majority of these DNA samples are of high molecular weight and reasonable concentration. Some as noted in the comments column are somewhat degraded because the tissue from which they were extracted was not dried properly, whereas others are more dilute than desirable, but some taxa never produce much DNA. We thus make no claims about the quality or concentration of these samples nor how these samples can be used (degraded samples are not suitable for AFLP, for example). Samples, unless otherwise noted in the comments column, have been cleaned on a caesium chloride/ethidium bromide gradient, so they are reasonably free of RNA and Taq-inhibitory chemistry, but in some cases further cleaning and concentration by means of a silica-based column may be necessary before amplification can be achieved. We are happy to advise about problems, and if degradation during shipment occurs we will replace such samples without further charge.
The amount of DNA sent is suitable for PCR-based techniques, typically about 25 µl). If you require a greater amount of DNA, this may be possible, but you should contact us to discuss this (DnaBank@kew.org).Use the search tool to put together a shopping list of requirements. Should a sample be unavailable, you can request a sample to be extracted for you (follow the Extraction of new samples link to do this).
1 VAT: This is only relevant within the EU. However, if you are VAT registered in your EU home country, please include your VAT registration number and do not add VAT to the total.
2 Please note that a £10 surcharge should be added to the total to cover bank charges.
3 Our account details are as follows:
4 The person ordering will be the contact address.
