A SNP chip to detect introgression in wildcats allows accurate genotyping of single hairs

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 405-410

  Nussberger, Beatrice ^a   Wandeler, Peter ^a   Camenisch, Glauco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Felis silvestris; Hair; Introgression; Non invasive DNA sampling; SNP genotyping

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 84896057605     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0806-3     Document Type: Article

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