DNA from formalin-fixed tissue: Extraction or repair? That is the question

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Skage, Morten ^a   Schander, Christoffer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; DNA repair; Fixation; Formaldehyde; PCR; Protocol; Restorase

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EXTRACTION METHOD; FIXATION; FORMALDEHYDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN;

EID: 36248988000     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000701473942     Document Type: Article

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