Article
When can noninvasive samples provide sufficient information in conservation genetics studies?
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Sept 2014
Smith O, Wang J
Abstract excerpt
Noninvasive sampling, of faeces and hair for example, has enabled many genetic studies of wildlife populations. However, two prevailing problems common to these studies are small sample sizes and high genotyping errors. The first problem stems from the difficulty in collecting noninvasive samples, particularly from populations of rare or elusive species, and the second is caused by the low quantity and quality of...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Computer Simulation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Diagnostic Errors
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genotyping Techniques
- Molecular Biology
- Specimen Handling