A blocking primer increases specificity in environmental DNA detection of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-284

  Wilcox, Taylor M ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^b   McKelvey, Kevin S ^b   Young, Michael K ^b   Lowe, Winsor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking primer; Bull trout; Complex templates; Environmental DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900830845     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0113-4     Document Type: Article

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