A method for improving DNA yield from century-plus old specimens of large lepidoptera while minimizing damage to external and internal abdominal characters

Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Hundsdoerfer, Anna K ^a   Kitching, Ian J ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genitalia preparation; Hyles; Molecular; Morphology; Sphingidae; Systematic characters

Indexed keywords

HYLES; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 79957613974     PISSN: 18637221     EISSN: 18648312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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