Reliable microsatellite genotyping of dolphin DNA from faeces

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 341-344

  Parsons, Kim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Faeces; Microsatellite; Noninvasive genotyping; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012561374     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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