Removing external DNA contamination from arthropod predators destined for molecular gut-content analysis

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 464-469

  Greenstone, Matthew H ^a   Weber, Donald C ^a   Coudron, Thomas A ^b   Payton, Mark E ^c   Hu, Jing S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA decontamination; Molecular gut content analysis; Sampling

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HETEROPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DNA; DNA CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HETEROPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; LEPTINOTARSA JUNCTA; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 84862794053     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03112.x     Document Type: Article

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