John Gatesy <john.gatesy@ucr.edu> 
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	RE: Gatesy: Pedetontus submutans specimens arrived
	
	


ok on this. 
best,
jg
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From: Matt_Bowser@fws.gov [Matt_Bowser@fws.gov]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:17 AM
To: John Gatesy
Cc: alandqz@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Gatesy: Pedetontus submutans specimens arrived

Dear John,

It is fine to destroy the specimens, if necessary, in the process of DNA 
extraction.  These are part of a series.  I sent you three; I retained 
nine.  For this reason I marked the loan "consumable" as a opposed to 
"returnable".

http://arctos.database.museum/guid/KNWR:Ento:8196
http://arctos.database.museum/guid/KNWR:Ento:8197

Sincerely,

Matt

Matt Bowser, Entomologist
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
PO Box 2139
Soldotna, Alaska 99669
60.4647°N, 151.0735°W
(907) 260-2812

John Gatesy <john.gatesy@ucr.edu> wrote on 05/14/2012 08:18:38 AM:

> hi matt and alan,
> the specimens arrived at the end of last week.
> thanks for sending these.  what are the stipulations for using these
> specimens in dna studies?  do you have many individuals, and ok to
> extract dna from legs and perhaps extract dna from the entire body
> of one specimen (our approach so far for next generation sequencing)?
> best,
> john g
> ________________________________________
> From: Matt_Bowser@fws.gov [Matt_Bowser@fws.gov]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:29 AM
> To: alandqz@yahoo.com
> Cc: John Gatesy
> Subject: Pedetontus submutans specimen mailed
>
> Dear Alan,
>
> The Pedetontus submutans specimen is in the mail.  Loan
> documentation is posted at the URI below.
>
> http://arctos.database.museum/mediaUploads/mbowser/KNWR-2012_20-
> Gatesy-Ento.pdf
>
> Regarding specimens from this series, most of which I have retained,
> they conform with Silvestri's (1911) description of the species as
> do the specimens from Alaska and BC.  However, the specimens in this
> series are notably darker than and a little smaller than the
> Alaska/BC specimens.  All of the Alaska/BC specimens I have looked
> at have only brown scales; many of the scales on these Oregon
> specimens look black.  In other respects I did not perceive any
> obvious differences between the Alaska/BC and Oregon specimens.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Matt
>
> Matt Bowser, Entomologist
> Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
> PO Box 2139
> Soldotna, Alaska 99669
> 60.4647°N, 151.0735°W
> (907) 260-2812
<http://arctos.database.museum/mediaUploads/mbowser/KNWR-2012_20->