Loggerhead turtle eggshells as a source of maternal nuclear genomic DNA for population genetic studies

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Shamblin, Brian M ^a   Dodd, Mark G ^b   Williams, Kristina L ^c   Frick, Michael G ^c   Bell, Rebecca ^d   Nairn, Campbell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Wildlife Resources Division ^*  (United States)

^c Caretta Research Project   (United States)

^d Little Cumberland Turtle Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggshell; Genotype; Marine turtle; Maternal DNA; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650105052     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02910.x     Document Type: Article

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