A novel microsatellite (STR) marker for forensic identification of big cats in India

Forensic Science International

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Singh, Anju ^a   Gaur, Ajay ^a   Shailaja, K ^a   Bala, B Satyare ^a   Singh, Lalji ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Big cats; Microsatellites; Non invasive; PCR; STR; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FELIDAE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; INDIA; LION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; TIGER; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

EID: 1842614930     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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