DNA barcoding meets molecular scatology: Short mtDNA sequences for standardized species assignment of carnivore noninvasive samples

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-35

  Chaves, Paulo B ^a   Graeff, Vanessa G ^a   Lion, Marília B ^b   Oliveira, Larissa R ^c,d   Eizirik, Eduardo ^a,e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^d Grupo de Estudos de Mamíferos Aquáticos Do Rio Grande Do sul   (Brazil)

^e Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Instituto Pró Carnívoros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATP6; Carnivora; Character based diagnosis; Cytochrome oxidase I gene; DNA barcodes; Faeces

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 83755224786     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03056.x     Document Type: Article

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