Article
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA from noninvasive samples for accurate microsatellite genotyping of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2001
Morin P A, Chambers K E, Boesch C, Vigilant L
Abstract excerpt
Noninvasive samples are useful for molecular genetic analyses of wild animal populations. However, the low DNA content of such samples makes DNA amplification difficult, and there is the potential for erroneous results when one of two alleles at heterozygous microsatellite loci fails to be amplified. In this study we describe an assay designed to measure the amount of amplifiable nuclear DNA in low DNA...
Topics
- Africa
- Animals
- DNA
- Feces
- Genotype
- Hair
- Humans
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Pan troglodytes
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
