Isolation of DNA from unprocessed and processed wood of Dipterocarpaceae [Elektronische Ressource] / Yanti Rachmayanti

ISOLATION OF DNA FROM UNPROCESSED AND PROCESSED WOOD OF DIPTEROCARPACEAE Dissertation Submitted in partial fulfillments of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Department of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology Georg-August University of Göttingen Yanti Rachmayanti Born in Bandung, Indonesia Göttingen 2009Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey Referees of the dissertation: Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey Prof. Dr. Ursula Kües Date of oral examination: 18 December 2009i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a pleasure to thank those who made this dissertation possible. First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey for accepting me as a PhD candidate, for his continuous support and excellent guidance throughout my studies, as well as for his assistance regarding many aspects of my life in Germany. I am also very thankful to Prof. Dr. Ursula Kües for consenting to be the co-referee and to Prof. Dr. Holger Militz for his interest in being a member of the examination committee. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Dr. Oliver Gailing for his great support during my experimental work and during writing of papers; to Dr. Ludger Leinemann for his support on writing of papers and for his kindly help on providing the experimental materials; to Prof. Dr. Bernd Herrmann and Dr. rer. nat.