Looking up to Endor

This week I was able to run some gels on the two cholla DNA extractions I had completed last week. Unfortunately, I did not see any bands after running electrophoresis. To make sure I was conducting the correct steps from the protocol, I did a DNA extraction on a trifolium sp. and was able to run electrophoresis on the sample. It turns out I was doing the protocol correctly, since there were bands in the gel! Here is the gel:

Polymorphic banding of Trifolium sp.

In two of the lanes from the wells, we are able to see two bright bands of DNA from the Trifolium sp.! It's exciting and I hope to see some bands in my next extraction from spines.