PCR-based sex determination of cetaceans and dugong from the Indian seas

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1513-1516

  Jayasankar, P ^a,b   Anoop, B ^a   Rajagopalan, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Marine mammals; PCR based sex determination; Vulnerable endangered species

Indexed keywords

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA EDENI; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DUGONG DUGON; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS;

EID: 45849094353     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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