Ageing and environmental factors affect PCR success in wolf (Canis lupus) excremental DNA samples

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 955-961

  Santini, Alberto ^a   Lucchini, Vittorio ^a   Fabbri, Elena ^a   Randi, Ettore ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allelic dropout; Canis lupus; Conservation genetics; DNA degradation; Multilocus microsatellite genotypes; Noninvasive genetics

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 35848943470     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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