Techniques for application of faecal DNA methods to field studies of Ursids

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1091-1097

  Wasser, S K ^a,b   Houston, C S ^a,b   Koehler, G M ^c   Cadd, G G ^a,b   Fain, S R ^d  

^a Center for Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; DNA; Faeces; Field; PCR; Preservation; Ursids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0031281788     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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