mRNA analysis in flattened fauna: Obtaining gene-sequence information from road-kill and game-hunting samples

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 692-698

  Doyon, C ^a   Trudeau, V L ^a   Hibbert, B M ^a   Howes, L A ^b   Moon, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; TISSUE;

GENE SEQUENCES;

ECOLOGY;

GENE; MAMMAL; RNA;

ALCES ALCES; ALCES ALCES AMERICANA; ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SCIURIDAE; SOREX; SOREX CINEREUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0038606141     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-048     Document Type: Article

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