Species identification of Tanzanian antelopes using DNA barcoding

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-449

  Bitanyi, Stella ^a,b   Bjørnstad, Gro ^b   Ernest, Eblate M ^b,c   Nesje, Marit ^b   Kusiluka, Lughano J ^d   Keyyu, Julius D ^c   Mdegela, Robinson H ^d   Røed, Knut H ^b  

^a Ministry of Water and Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antelopes; COI; Cytochrome c oxidase I; MtDNA; Species identification; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA;

BOVIDAE; TRAGELAPHUS;

EID: 79954609498     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.02980.x     Document Type: Article

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