Factors affecting the amount of genomic DNA extracted from ape faeces and the identification of an improved sample storage method

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2089-2094

  Nsubuga, A M ^a   Robbins, M M ^a   Roeder, A D ^a,b   Morin, P A ^a,c   Boesch, C ^a   Vigilant, L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Genetic tagging; Gorilla; Microsatellite genotyping; Noninvasive samples; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; SILICA GEL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; GORILLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; DNA; ETHANOL; FECES; GORILLA GORILLA; LINEAR MODELS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 3042741356     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02207.x     Document Type: Article

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