Owl pellets as a source of DNA for genetic studies of small mammals

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-305

  Taberlet, Pierre ^a,c   Fumagalli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Bones; Insectivore; Owl pellets; Polymerase chain reaction; Rodents; Total DNA extraction; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030118512     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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