Isolation and characterisation of DNA from whale bone

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-371

  Tebbutt, Scott J ^a   Stewart, Ramari E ^b   Hill, Diana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Cetacean; DNA; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BONE; BREED; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WHALE;

DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; WHALE;

EID: 0034467429     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517628     Document Type: Article

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