Microsatellite repeat motif and amplicon length affect amplification success of degraded faecal DNA

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 503-505

  de Flamingh, Alida ^a   Sole, Catherine L ^a   van Aarde, Rudi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African elephant; Amplicon length; Degraded DNA; Faecal DNA; Loxodonta africana; Repeat motif

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905667468     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0160-5     Document Type: Article

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