Reliable noninvasive genotyping: Fantasy or reality?

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Fernando, Prithiviraj ^a   Vidya, T N C ^b   Rajapakse, C ^c   Dangolla, A ^d   Melnick, D J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c National Zoological Gardens   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DNA; ELEPHANTS; FECES; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ELEPHANT;

EID: 0038515416     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esg022     Document Type: Article

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