Robust Detection of Rare Species Using Environmental DNA: The Importance of Primer Specificity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wilcox, Taylor M ^a   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Young, Michael K ^a   Jane, Stephen F ^b   Lowe, Winsor H ^c   Whiteley, Andrew R ^b   Schwartz, Michael K ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINOR GROOVE BINDING PROBE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE SPECIES; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROUT;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAQ POLYMERASE; TROUT;

ANIMALIA; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 84875466840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059520     Document Type: Article

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