%0 Journal Article %A R. Manaffar and R. Maleki and S. Zare and N. Agh and S. Soltanian and B. Sehatnia and P. Sorgeloos and P. Bossier and G. Van Stappen %D 2010 %J International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 37, 2010 %T A New Method for Rapid DNA Extraction from Artemia (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3270 %V 37 %X Artemia is one of the most conspicuous invertebrates associated with aquaculture. It can be considered as a model organism, offering numerous advantages for comprehensive and multidisciplinary studies using morphologic or molecular methods. Since DNA extraction is an important step of any molecular experiment, a new and a rapid method of DNA extraction from adult Artemia was described in this study. Besides, the efficiency of this technique was compared with two widely used alternative techniques, namely Chelex® 100 resin and SDS-chloroform methods. Data analysis revealed that the new method is the easiest and the most cost effective method among the other methods which allows a quick and efficient extraction of DNA from the adult animal. %P 102 - 106