Genotyping success of historical Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx L.) samples

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Polanc, Primož ^a   Sindičić, Magda ^b   Jelenčič, Maja ^a   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^b   Kos, Ivan ^a   Huber, Duro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dinaric population; DNA; Eurasian lynx; Genotyping; Historical samples; Lynx lynx

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYNX;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENOTYPE; LYNX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84856757829     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03084.x     Document Type: Article

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