Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Authors: | Galan, M, Baltzinger, C, Hewison, AJMark, Cosson, J-F |
Journal: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
Volume: | 33 |
Date Published: | 2005 |
ISBN Number: | 00917648 |
Keywords: | Cervus elaphus |
Abstract: | Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are 2 of the most numerous wild ungulate species in Europe. They are sympatric over a large part of their total geographic range. There are no reliable techniques for differentiating between them when studies are based on hair or fecal sampling in the field where the 2 species' ranges overlap. Here we describe a test for differentiating between red and roe deer hair samples using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method by amplifying a section of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop, which differs in length between species. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3784857 |
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