Molecular sex diagnosis in Castoridae

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-308

  Kühn, Ralph ^a   Schwab, Gerhard ^a   Schröder, Wolfgang ^a   Rottmann, Oswald J ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Animal Science Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beaver; Castoridae; Hair root cells; Noninvasive sex differentiation; SRY gene

Indexed keywords

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 0036297605     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10018     Document Type: Article

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