Buccal swabs allow efficient and reliable microsatellite genotyping in amphibians

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 509-511

  Broquet, Thomas ^a   Berset Braendli, Laura ^a   Emaresi, Guillaume ^a   Fumagalli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplification success; Genotyping errors; Hyla arborea; Non destructive sampling; Probability of identity; Triturus alpestris

Indexed keywords

FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 33847613910     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9180-3     Document Type: Article

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