A forensic DNA profiling system for Northern European brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 798-809

  Andreassen, R ^a   Schregel, J ^b   Kopatz, A ^b,c   Tobiassen, C ^b   Knappskog, P M ^b,h,i   Hagen, S B ^b   Kleven, O ^b   Schneider, M ^d   Kojola, I ^e   Aspi, J ^c   Rykov, A ^f   Tirronen, K F ^g   Danilov, P I ^g   Eiken, H G ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Pinezhsky Strict Nature Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^g Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Non invasive genetic sampling; Population genetics; STRs; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URSIDAE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027942666     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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