Validation of a short tandem repeat multiplex typing system for genetic individualization of domestic cat samples

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-555

  Coomber, Nikia ^a,b   David, Victor A ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a   Menotti Raymond, Marilyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOMICS; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CATS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 34548204919     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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