Quantification of damage in DNA recovered from highly degraded samples - A case study on DNA in faeces

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Deagle, Bruce E ^a,b   Eveson, J Paige ^c   Jarman, Simon N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 33748682933     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-11     Document Type: Article

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