Extraction of nuclear DNA from bone of skeletonized and fluid-preserved museum specimens

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-136

  Stuart, Bryan L ^a,b   Dugan, Kerri A ^c   Allard, Marc W ^d   Kearney, Maureen ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; DNA extraction; Formalin; Museum specimens; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA;

EID: 33744769979     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001891     Document Type: Review

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