DNA fingerprints of the Asian elephant in Sri Lanka, elephas maximus maximus, using multilocus probe 33.15 (Jeffreys)

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 83-96

  Vandebona, Himesha ^a   Gunasekera, Maya B ^a   Ratnasooriya, W D ^a   Goonesekere, Nalin C W ^a   Kodikara, D S ^b   Alahakoon, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Animal Clinic   (Sri Lanka)

^c National Zoological Gardens   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asian elephant in Sri Lanka; DNA fingerprint; Elephas maximus maximus; Multilocus human DNA probe 33.15

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248679893     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v32i3-4.2428     Document Type: Article

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