Low genotyping error rates and noninvasive sampling in bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Luikart, Gordon ^a,b   Zundel, Stephanie ^c   Rioux, Delpine ^c   Miquel, Christian ^c   Keating, Kim A ^d   Hogg, John T ^e   Steele, Brian ^b   Foresman, Kerry ^b   Taberlet, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Montana Conservation Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Genotyping error; Microsatellite DNA; Noninvasive genetics; Ovis canadensis; Remote sampling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISPERSAL; FECES; GENE FLOW; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 38649135444     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-006     Document Type: Article

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