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Utility of arsenic-treated bird skins for DNA extraction

BACKGROUND: Natural history museums receive a rapidly growing number of requests for tissue samples from preserved specimens for DNA-based studies. Traditionally, dried vertebrate specimens were treated with arsenic because of its toxicity and insect-repellent effect. Arsenic has negative effects on...

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Autores principales: Töpfer, Till, Gamauf, Anita, Haring, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3138465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21676254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-197