Buccal swabs as a reliable non-invasive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in the lacertid lizard Podarcis muralis

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-328

  Schulte, Ulrich ^a   Gebhard, Felix ^a   Heinz, Lisa ^a   Veith, Michael ^a   Hochkirch, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; DNA extraction; Genotyping; Microsatellite; Non invasive sampling; Podarcis muralis

Indexed keywords

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80755126586     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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