A goodbye letter to alcohol: An alternative method for field preservation of arthropod specimens and DNA suitable for mass collecting methods

Despite its limitations, ethanol remains the most commonly used liquid for the preservation of arthropod specimens and their DNA in the field. Arthropod ecology and taxonomy have witnessed a substantial increase in the use of various trapping and molecular methods in the past two decades. However, t...

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Main Authors: Pavel POKLUDA, Lukáš ČÍŽEK, Eva STŘÍBRNÁ, Lukáš DRAG, Julius LUKEŠ, Vojtěch NOVOTNÝ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2014-05-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-201402-0003_A_goodbye_letter_to_alcohol_An_alternative_method_for_field_preservation_of_arthropod_specimens_and_DNA_suitab.php