Successful retrieval of mRNA from hair follicles stored at room temperature: Implications for studying gene expression in wild mammals

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 961-964

  Bradley, Brenda J ^a   Pastorini, Jennifer ^a,b   Mundy, Nicholas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Conservation and Research   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

cDNA; Hair; Molecular evolution; RNA isolation; RNA storage

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33244471904     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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