A new method to discriminate the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) from the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) using species-specific primers in multiplex PCR

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1832-1835

  Tessier, Nathalie ^a   Noël, Sarah ^a   Lapointe, François Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; ETHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

DEER MOUSE; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PRIMERS; WHITE-FOOTED MICE;

BIODIVERSITY;

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 16844366678     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-173     Document Type: Article

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