Buccal swabs as a non-destructive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in amphibians

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-178

  Pidancier, Nathalie ^a   Miquel, Christian ^a   Miaud, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; mtDNA; nDNA; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542543657     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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