Fast and non-invasive PCR sexing of primates: Apes, Old World monkeys, New World monkeys and Strepsirrhines

BMC Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Villesen, Palle ^a   Fredsted, Tina ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

DNA;

ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMINID; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYRRHINI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; PROSIMIAN; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYRRHINI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33746581155     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-6-8     Document Type: Article

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