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How to collect beetles for DNA studies?

January 22, 2020March 29, 2015 by Frank

Preserving beetles for DNA studies is easy, but a few rules need to be followed. You will first need to decide which specimens to preserve. It is ideal to have two or more specimens of a species preserved, so that the extra specimens can serve as backups in case the first specimen fails to yield … Read more How to collect beetles for DNA studies?

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