Feather barbs as a good source of mtDNA for bird species identification in forensic wildlife investigations

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Speller, Camilla F ^a,b   Nicholas, George P ^a   Yang, Dongya Y ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARDEA HERODIAS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRANTA CANADENSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEATHER; FEATHER BARB; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLAUCIDIUM CALIFORNICUM; GOOSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OWL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TURKEY (BIRD); WILDLIFE;

EID: 84862169644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-2-16     Document Type: Article

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