Molecular analysis of the efficiency of sloughed skin sampling in whale population genetics

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1419-1422

  Valsecchi, Elena ^a,c   Glockner Ferrari, Debbie ^b   Ferrari, Mark ^b   Amos, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Whale Study   (United States)

^c Craig Moritz's Group

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Forensic ecology; Humpback whale; Microsatellite; Population genetics; Sloughed skin

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DNA ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC MARKER; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; SKIN; TISSUE; WHALE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SKIN; WHALES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0032190236     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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