Preservation of foraminifera for DNA extraction and PCR amplification

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 264-267

  Holzmann, Maria ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^b  

^a Inst fur Palaontologie der Univ W   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

DNA EXTRACTION; FORAMINIFERA; PCR AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030176881     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.26.3.264     Document Type: Article

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