Factors affecting DNA preservation from museum-collected lepidopteran specimens

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Borsatti, Federica ^a   Mola, Lucrezia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; DNA extraction; Insect preservation methods; Lepidoptera; Mamestra brassicae; Noctuidae

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DNA; MOTH; MUSEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33747134982     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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