Successful amplification of mitochondrial DNA from dentin of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Weber, Laura Isabel ^a   De Luca, Michelle Jaccottet ^a   Barreto, André Silva ^a   De Souza, Tiago Tolentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Dentin; Dolphins; Mitochondrial DNA; Museum specimens; Tursiops

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33947198169     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000100002     Document Type: Article

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