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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Wood materials for extraction of residual DNA

From: Quantitative evaluation of properties of residual DNA in Cryptomeria japonica wood

Material name

Part

Age of tree

Elapsed years after cutting

Basic density (g/cm3)

Wood ID no.

0-S

Sapwood

12

0

0.41

0-H

Heartwood

12

0

0.38

4-S

Sapwood

23

4

0.30

4-H

Heartwood

23

4

0.32

14-S

Sapwood

43

14

0.26

TWTw15981

14-H

Heartwood

43

14

0.27

TWTw15981

27-S

Sapwood

Unknown

27

0.37

TWTw6429

27-H

Heartwood

Unknown

27

0.36

TWTw6429

44-S

Sapwood

Unknown

44

0.33

TWTw96

44-H

Heartwood

Unknown

44

0.38

TWTw96

400-S

Sapwood

Unknown

More than 400 years

0.21

KYOw17215

400-H

Heartwood

Unknown

More than 400 years

0.30

KYOw17215

  1. No Wood ID nos. are provided for 0-S, 0-H, 4-S and 4-H