Taxon-specific PCR for DNA barcoding arthropod prey in bat faeces

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-244

  Zeale, Matt R K ^a,b   Butlin, Roger K ^b   Barker, Gary L A ^a   Lees, David C ^c,d   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; COI; Diet analysis; DNA barcoding; Species identification; Taxon specific primers

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BAT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; EVALUATION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CHIROPTERA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ARTHROPODA; CHIROPTERA;

EID: 79751508033     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02920.x     Document Type: Article

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