Noninvasive genotyping and Mendelian analysis of microsatellites in African savannah elephants

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-687

  Okello, J B A ^a   Wittemyer, G ^b,d   Rasmussen, H B ^c,d   Douglas Hamilton, I ^d   Nyakaana, S ^a   Arctander, P ^e   Siegismund, H R ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INHERITANCE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MISMATCH REPAIR; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; DNA; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; KENYA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 27944471872     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi117     Document Type: Article

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