Pooling hair samples to increase DNA yield for PCR

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-788

  Alpers, D L ^a   Taylor, A C ^b   Sunnucks, P ^c   Bellman, S A ^d   Sherwin, W B ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hair DNA; Individual identification; Microsatellites; Mixed samples; Remote censusing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; HAIR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; LASIORHINUS KREFFTII; LASIORHINUS LATIFRONS; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 1642444069     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000006119.77842.4b     Document Type: Article

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