DNA extraction techniques for DNA barcoding of minute gall-inhabiting wasps

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Dittrich Schröder, Gudrun ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a   Klein, Hildegard ^b   Slippers, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cox 1; DNA extraction; Minute insects; MtDNA barcoding

Indexed keywords

DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUMOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; EUCALYPTUS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT TUMORS; WASPS;

EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 83955161715     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03074.x     Document Type: Article

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