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Please note that due to our Winter Break incoming biological material cannot be processed from 15 Dec 2025 to 9 Jan 2026. We kindly ask you to send biological material no earlier than 12 Jan 2026. Orders and requests via webshop or email received during the Winter Break will be stored in our system, but not processed until after the break.
COI barcoding for verfication of animal cell lines
The DSMZ offers the service of verification of animal cell lines to external customers based on COI barcoding.
Use of false animal cell lines due to insufficient verification of species-specific models contributes to irreproducibility of data from studies based on animal cell lines an in the end unsuccessful translation between species (mouse/human)
COI barcoding is based on isolation of mitochondrial DNA, PCR amplification of Cytochrome C Oxidase I (COI) gene, direct amplicon sequencing and DNA sequence comparison (DNA barcoding). DNA barcodes are now available for numerous taxa, including all species of insects, fish, amphibia, birds and mammals.
To order a cell line authentication services please contact mutz(at)dsmz.de. Our sample submission form and instructions for sample preparation can be downloaded here.
For pricing, please refer to our price list.
For technical questions please use our contact form.