Evaluation of an automated protocol for efficient and reliable DNA extraction of dietary samples

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 6382-6389

  Wallinger, Corinna ^a   Staudacher, Karin ^a   Sint, Daniela ^a   Thalinger, Bettina ^a   Oehm, Johannes ^a   Juen, Anita ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

BioSprint; cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; DNA isolation; molecular gut content analysis; molecular scatology; trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021854596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3197     Document Type: Article

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