Towards the PCR-based identification of Palaearctic Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): results from an international ring trial targeting four species of the subgenus Avaritia

Table 3 DNA extraction and molecular marker identification methods used by laboratories in each of the ring trials

¹Qiagen Kit: DNeasy Tissue and Blood kit, Qiagen, USA; MN Kit: NucleoSpin® Tissue, Macherey-Nagel; Roche Kit: High Pure PCR Template Preparation Kit, Roche; Chelex: Chelex 100 chelating ion exchange resin, Bio-Rad; AJ Kit: innuPREP DNA Mini Kit, Analytik Jena; NA: not applicable; ND: not done.
²MA: microarray.
³Squish Kit: Squish buffer; IQCasework: DNA IQ Casework Sample Kit, Promega.

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