Effects of preservation and storage of microcrustaceans in RNAlater on RNA and DNA degradation

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Gorokhova, Elena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33646144157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2005.3.143     Document Type: Article

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