Identification of Neotropical felid faeces using RCP-PCR

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Roques, S ^a   Adrados, B ^a   Chavez, C ^b   Keller, C ^c   Magnusson, W E ^c   Palomares, F ^a   Godoy, J A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Felidae; Mitochondrial; Noninvasive; Species identification

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FECES; FELIDAE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; FELIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FELIDAE; HERPAILURUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII;

EID: 78650164969     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02878.x     Document Type: Article

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