Technical Challenges in the Microsatellite Genotyping of a Wild Chimpanzee Population Using Feces

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 162-165

  Vigilant, Linda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Faces; Genotyping; Microsatellites; Noninvaslve sampling; Pan troglodytes verus

Indexed keywords

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0036963785     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10082     Document Type: Article

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