Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wright, Belinda ^a   Morris, Katrina ^a   Grueber, Catherine E ^a,b   Willet, Cali E ^a   Gooley, Rebecca ^a   Hogg, Carolyn J ^c   O'Meally, Denis ^a   Hamede, Rodrigo ^d   Jones, Menna ^d   Wade, Claire ^a   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Next generation sequencing; Pedigree assessment; Population management; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAMMAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROGENY; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; FACE TUMOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MARSUPIAL; PATHOLOGY; TASMANIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TASMANIA;

EID: 84944391202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2020-4     Document Type: Article

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