Empirical evaluation of preservation methods for faecal DNA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1423-1428

  Frantzen, M A J ^a   Silk, J B ^b   Ferguson, J W H ^c   Wayne, R K ^b   Kohn, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Pretoria ^*

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Cytochrome c oxidase II; DNA preservation; Molecular scatology; Noninvasive sampling; Papio cynocephalus ursinus

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BABOON; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; EDETIC ACID; EXTRACTION; FECES; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; PAPIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SOLUTIONS;

PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS URSINUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0032188995     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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