Good DNA from bat droppings

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Puechmaille, Sebastien J ^a,b   Mathy, Gregory ^a   Petit, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Error rate; Faecal DNA extraction; Microsatellite; MtDNA; Noninvasive sampling; Rhinolophus hipposideros

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BAT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 34347379463     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[269:GDFBD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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