Plucked hair samples as a source of DNA: reliability of dinucleotide microsatellite genotyping.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00407.x

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Plucked hair samples as a source of DNA: reliability of dinucleotide microsatellite genotyping.

Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 1998

Goossens B, Waits L P, Taberlet P

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To test whether plucked hairs are a reliable source of DNA for genotyping microsatellite loci, we carried out experiments using one, three, or 10 hairs per extract for 50 alpine marmots. For each extract, seven independent genotypings were performed for the same locus (multiple-tubes approach). T...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA
Dinucleotide Repeats
False Positive Reactions
Genotype
Hair
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Marmota
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Predictive Value of Tests

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