Genetic clues from olfactory cues: Brown hyaena scent marks provide a non-invasive source of DNA for genetic profiling

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 759-762

  Malherbe, G P ^a   Maude, G ^b   Bastos, A D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnae); Genetic profiling; Non invasive genetic sampling (NGS); Salt chloroform extraction; Scent marks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROFORM; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OLFACTORY CUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCENT MARKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

PARAHYAENA; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA;

EID: 67349176618     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9656-4     Document Type: Article

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