Evaluation of specimen preservatives for DNA analyses of bees

Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Frampton, Mark ^a   Droege, Sam ^b   Conrad, Travis ^b   Prager, Sean ^a   Richards, Miriam H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDRENIDAE; APIDAE; APOIDEA; HALICTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 54449084621     PISSN: 10709428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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