Countering morphological ambiguities: Development of a PCR assay to assist the identification of Tubifex tubifex oligochaetes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 543, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 305-309

  Hallett, Sascha L ^a   Atkinson, Stephen D ^a   Bartholomew, Jerri L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic identification; Oligochaete identification; Species specific primers; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME KINETICS; PLASTICITY; RNA; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

FRESHWATER OLIGOCHAETES; PARASITOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANNELIDA; DERO DIGITATA; ILYODRILUS TEMPLETONI; LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; LUMBRICULUS; RHYACODRILUS; STYLODRILUS HERINGIANUS; TRICHODRILUS; TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX IGNOTUS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 21244456841     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-6954-9     Document Type: Article

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