Locating hybrid individuals in the red wolf (Canis rufus) experimental population area using a spatially targeted sampling strategy and faecal DNA genotyping

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1823-1834

  Adams, Jennifer R ^a   Lucash, Chris ^b   Schutte, Leslie ^b   Waits, Lisette P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Red Wolf Recovery Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis rufus; Faecal genotyping; Hybrid detection; Red wolf; Sampling strategies

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COYOTE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COYOTES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FECES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH CAROLINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS RUFUS;

EID: 34247341290     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03270.x     Document Type: Article

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