Effect of fuchsin fixation of pollen on DNA barcode recovery

Abstract Pollen grains attached to insects are a valuable source of ecological information which can be used to reconstruct visitation networks. Morphological pollen identification relies on light microscopy with pollen usually stained and mounted in fuchsin jelly, which is also used to remove polle...

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Main Authors: Melanie B. Streicher, Steven D. Johnson, Sandi Willows‐Munro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10475