From the field to the lab: best practices for field preservation of bat specimens for molecular analyses.

Studies in molecular ecology depend on field-collected samples for genetic information, and the tissue sampled and preservation conditions strongly affect the quality of the DNA obtained. DNA yields from different tissue types have seldom been compared, and the relative performance of storage media...

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Main Authors: Angelique Corthals, Alynn Martin, Omar M Warsi, Megan Woller-Skar, Winston Lancaster, Amy Russell, Liliana M Dávalos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370412?pdf=render