Summer workshop in metagenomics: one week plus eight students equals gigabases of cloned DNA.

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Published in J Microbiol Biol Educ on December 01, 2011

Authors

Carlos Rios-Velazquez1, Lynn L Williamson, Karen A Cloud-Hansen, Heather K Allen, Mathew D McMahon, Zakee L Sabree, Justin J Donato, Jo Handelsman

Author Affiliations

1: Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00681.

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