Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 1267-1269Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02324.x
Keywords
cytochrome b; non-invasive genetic sampling; real-time PCR; small mammals; species identification
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- Environmental Protection Agency
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DNA identification of non-invasive samples is a potentially useful tool for monitoring small mammal species. Here we describe a novel method for identifying five small mammal species: wood mouse, bank vole, common shrew, pygmy shrew and water shrew. Species-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction primers were designed to amplify fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from hair and scat samples. We also amplified nuclear DNA from scats, demonstrating their potential as a source of DNA for population genetic studies.
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