Molecular identification of three Indian snake species using simple PCR-RFLP method

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1065-1067

  Dubey, Bhawna ^a   Meganathan, P R ^a   Haque, Ikramul ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

cytochrome b; forensic science; molecular identification; polymerase chain reaction; restriction fragment length polymorphism; snake species

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA DEGRADATION, NECROTIC; DNA PRIMERS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

EID: 77954329382     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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