Low genotyping error rates in wild ungulate faeces sampled in winter

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 772-775

  Maudet, C ^a   Luikart, G ^a   Dubray, D ^b   Von Hardenberg, A ^c,d   Taberlet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Gran Paradiso National Park ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Allelic dropout; Faeces; Ibex; Microsatellites; Mouflon; Noninvasive

Indexed keywords

CAPRA IBEX; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; UNGULATA;

EID: 9644287777     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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