The influence of diet on faecal DNA amplification and sex identification in brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2261-2265

  Murphy, Melanie A ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Kendall, Katherine C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Faecal DNA; Noninvasive genetic sampling; PCR; Sex identification; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIET; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); URSIDAE; WASHINGTON;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; HAPLOPAPPUS; LUPINUS; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POA; POA PRATENSIS; PYRROCOMA HIRTA HIRTA; SALMO; TRIFOLIUM; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042206743     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01863.x     Document Type: Article

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