Field preservation of monogenean parasites for molecular and morphological analyses

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Strona, Giovanni ^a   Stefani, Fabrizio ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18S; DMSO; Ethanol; Longmire buffer; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GILL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA, HELMINTH; ETHANOL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FORMALDEHYDE; GILLS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

MONOGENEA;

EID: 59249097446     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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