Anybody in the UK require frozen Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis (rostiformis) samples?

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Jonathan Marescaux

Hi Asif,

how many samples did you have ?

Best,

John

Asif Laldin

somewhere between 10-20.

Thierry Comtet

could you give some details about the samples ? Origin ? Type of sample (whole organism, with or without shell...) ? Conditions of collection (e.g. were the samples frozen quickly after collection....) ? What were they collected for originally ?

Best

Thierry