Reliable genotyping of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) using DNA isolated from a single faecal pellet

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 634-641

  Wedrowicz, Faye ^a   Karsa, Mawar ^a   Mosse, Jennifer ^a   Hogan, Fiona E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal pellet; Genotyping error; Mammal; Microsatellite; Mitochondria; Sex

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOALA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; GENOTYPE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84879421586     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12101     Document Type: Article

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