Accurate determination of DNA yield from individual mosquitoes for population genomic applications

Insect Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-363

  Wilding, Craig S ^a   Weetman, D ^a   Steen, K ^a   Donnelly M j , ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; DNA quantification; Mosquito; Picogreen; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 68649085101     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2009.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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