Molted feathers as a source of DNA for genetic studies in waterbird populations

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-329

  Isabel Mio, Carolina ^a   Nassif Del Lama, Silvia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Feathers; Molted; Non invasive sampling; Population genetics; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

DNA; FEATHER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLT; NESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLING; WADER;

AJAIA AJAJA; AVES; JABIRU MYCTERIA;

EID: 77749273889     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0212     Document Type: Article

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