DNA extraction from Orthoptera museum specimens

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1058-1062

  Tagliavia, Marcello ^a   Massa, Bruno ^a   Albanese, Ida ^a   La Farina, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA purification; Dry insects; Molecular taxonomy; Museum specimens; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79953689917     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.506939     Document Type: Article

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