Can Long-Range PCR Be Used to Amplify Genetically Divergent Mitochondrial Genomes for Comparative Phylogenetics? A Case Study within Spiders (Arthropoda: Araneae)

• Andrew G. Briscoe,

  Affiliation Environment Centre Wales Building, Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

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• Sara Goodacre,

  Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Susan E. Masta,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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• Martin I. Taylor,

  Affiliation Environment Centre Wales Building, Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

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• Miquel A. Arnedo,

  Affiliation Departament Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• David Penney,

  Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• John Kenny,

  Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Simon Creer

  * E-mail: s.creer@bangor.ac.uk

  Affiliation Environment Centre Wales Building, Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

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