Development of a high-throughput microsatellite typing approach for forensic and population genetic analysis of wild and domestic African Bovini

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 655-660

  Greyling, B J ^a,b   Kryger, P ^a,e   Du Plessis, S ^b   Van Hooft, W F ^a,f   Van Helden, P ^c   Getz, W M ^a,d   Bastos, A D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; African buffalo; Bovini; Forensic; Microsatellite; Traceability; Typing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; WILD TYPE;

BOS; BOVINI; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 40949105583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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