Waste not, want not: Toe-clips as a source of DNA

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-447

  Gonser, Rusty A ^a   Collura, Randall V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0030439952     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565192     Document Type: Article

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