Acquiring DNA sequence data from dried archival red algae (Florideophyceae) for the purpose of applying available names to contemporary genetic species: A critical assessment

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-203

  Saunders, Gary W ^a   Mcdevit, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archival DNA; DNA barcode; DNA extraction; Florideophyceae; Type material

Indexed keywords

LABORATORY METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; FLORIDEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84857879173     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B11-079     Document Type: Article

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