Assessing risks of Wolbachia DNA cross-specimen contamination following mass collection and ethanol storage

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-50

  Duplouy, Anne ^a,b   Vermenot, Coralie ^b   Davies, Neil ^b   Roderick, George ^b   Hurst, Gregory D D ^c   Charlat, Sylvain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Collection; Contamination; Ethanol storage; Incidence; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 58949100552     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02421.x     Document Type: Article

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