Beaver DNA Test Quick Notes
- Turnaround time: 5 working days
- Sample type: plucked fur
Over the past decade, major efforts have been underway to reintroduce beavers into the British countryside to help tackle climate and biodiversity emergencies. It is currently illegal for beavers to be released in England which means that reintroduction currently involves captive release schemes in large enclosures to monitor their impact on the environment.
Beavers are known as a keystone species which can provide ecosystem services such as a reduction in flooding and engineering of habitats which support and increased diversity of species.
As the beaver lacks obvious anatomical features and accurate method of sex determination is important for these projects. chXout® provides a beaver DNA test service which uses PCR based techniques to amplify selective regions of the X or Y chromosomes to determine beaver gender from a fur sample.
Instructions
If you would like us to send out a free sampling kit, please email sales@chxout.com.
- Please ensure that gloves are worn during the sample collection to avoid cross contamination and please sterilise any tweezers or equipment before use.
- Please send plucked fur rather than moulted as we require the hair root or follicle to extract the DNA. Please try to provide at least 10 hairs.
- Place your sample in a clean Ziploc style bag or falcon tube labelled with your chosen sample ID, client reference number and date.
- Post your samples to: chXout, The Durham Genome Centre, Park House, Station Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0EX
When your sample arrives with us, you will receive an email to confirm sample receipt and expected due date.
We do not operate on weekends or bank holidays and the day your sample is logged at our laboratory is considered “day 0.”
Results are provided within 5 working days by email with a report as a PDF attachment.
