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Nondestructive DNA sampling from bumblebee faeces.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Mar 2013
Scriven Jessica J, Woodall Lucy C, Goulson Dave
Abstract excerpt
Genetic studies provide valuable data to inform conservation strategies for species with small or declining populations. In these circumstances, obtaining DNA samples without harming the study organisms is highly desirable. Excrements are increasingly being used as a source of DNA in such studies, but such approaches have rarely been applied to arthropods. Bumblebees are ecologically and economically important as...
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