Extraction, polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing of a 440 base pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene from two species of acetone-preserved damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Agrionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-147

  Logan, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetone preservation; Damselflies; DNA; Mitochondrial COI gene

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I; EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCING; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COENAGRIONIDAE; ENALLAGMA CIVILE; HETAERINA AMERICANA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0032910864     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.143     Document Type: Article

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