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Molecular sexing of degraded DNA from elephants and mammoths: a genotyping assay relevant both to conservation biology and to paleogenetics.
Scientific reports - 31 Mar 2021
Aznar-Cormano Laetitia, Bonnald Julie, Krief Sabrina, Guma Nelson, Debruyne Régis
Abstract excerpt
It is important to determine the sex of elephants from their samples-faeces from the field or seized ivory-for forensic reasons or to understand population demography and genetic structure. Molecular sexing methods developed in the last two decades have often shown limited efficiency, particularly in terms of sensitivity and specificity, due to the degradation of DNA in these samples. These limitations have also...
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