A test of the efficacy of whole-genome amplification on DNA obtained from low-yield samples: Technical article

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-399

  Gunn, Melissa R ^a,c   Hartnup, Katie ^a   Boutin, Stan ^b   Slate, Jon ^a   Coltman, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic dropout; Conservation genetics; DNA yield; GenomiPhi; Whole genome amplification

Indexed keywords

SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 34248174905     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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