A simple and rapid PCR-RFLP method to distinguishing Martes martes and Martes foina

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 869-871

  Francesca, Vercillo ^a   Livia, Lucentini ^a   Nadia, Mucci ^b   Bernardino, Ragni ^a   Ettore, Randi ^b   Fausto, Panara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; M. foina; M. martes; RFLP; Species identification

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUSTELID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MARTES FOINA; MARTES MARTES;

EID: 23944484423     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-004-1866-9     Document Type: Article

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