Tissue boiling: A short-cut in DNA extraction for large-scale population screenings

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1243-1245

  Valsecchi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boil extraction; DNA extraction; DNA preservation; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Sloughed skin

Indexed keywords

DNA ISOLATION; DNA SCREENING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FISHES; HEAT; LIZARDS; MALE; PLATYPUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SNAILS; WHALES;

EID: 0032170149     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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