Sex determination in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) from tissue and dental pulp using PCR amplification

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Hattori, Kaoru ^a   Burdin, Alexander M ^b,c   Onuma, Manabu ^a   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a   Ohtaishi, Noriyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; DENTAL MATERIALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE CULTURE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MUSTELID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0038513922     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-219     Document Type: Article

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