Use of Multiple Displacement Amplification as Pre-polymerase Chain Reaction (Pre-PCR) to amplify genomic DNA of siphonapterids preserved for long periods in scientific collections

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Avelar, Daniel M ^a   Linardi, Pedro M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77956529128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-86     Document Type: Article

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