Group-specific primers for DNA-based detection of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) within predator gut contents

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 678-681

  Kuusk, A K ^a   Agusti N ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Collembola; Degenerate primers; Gut content analysis; Molecular marker; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 43949105816     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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