Molecular tracking of mountain lions in the Yosemite Valley region in California: Genetic analysis using microsatellites and faecal DNA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-441

  Ernest, H B ^a   Penedob, M C T ^a   May, P ^b,c   Syvanen, M ^d   Boyce, W M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Cougar; Faecal DNA; Lynx rufus; Microsatellites; Mountain lion; Puma concolor; Scat analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; DOGS; ECOLOGY; FECES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 0034007128     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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