Enhanced DNA extraction and PCR amplification of mitochondrial genes from formalin-fixed museum specimens

BioTechniques

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 394-400

  Shedlock, Andrew M ^a,c   Haygood, Margo G ^b   Pietsch, Theodore W ^a   Bentzen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030980552     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97223bm03     Document Type: Article

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