Differentiation of Castor fiber and Castor canadensis by noninvasive molecular methods

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 511-515

  Kuehn, Ralph ^a   Schwab, Gerhard ^b   Schroeder, Wolfgang ^a   Rottmann, Oswald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Wildbiologischen Gesellschaft München e V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castoridae; Cytochrome b; Hair root cells; Noninvasive differentiation; RFLP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 0034355474     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:6<511::aid-zoo3>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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