DNA amplification from pin-mounted bumble bees (bombus) in a museum collection: Effects of fragment size and specimen age on successful PCR

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Strange, James P ^a   Knoblett, Joyce ^a   Griswold, Terry ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION;

BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS HUNTII; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; HEXAPODA; PYROBOMBUS; SUBTERRANEOBOMBUS;

EID: 65649098280     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2008070     Document Type: Article

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