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--></style></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>I take advantage of this interesting conversation to ask about properties to preserve DNA of commercial ethanol (96 %) used for sanitary use. I have heard different opinions. A lot of them says that the component used in this ethanol to make it undrinkable could affect the DNA stabilization. Other people employ it to preserve the samples and seems not to have problems about DNA extractions. After years of experiences… Does someone knows if there is any work or article that definitively concludes on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Sergio</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>********************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sergio Montagud Alario<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Museu [UV] Història Natural<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Universitat de València<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:sergio.montagud@uv.es"><span style='color:purple'>sergio.montagud@uv.es</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>********************************</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>