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- Title
Real-time PCR assays for the identification of harbor and gray seal species and sex: A molecular tool for ecology and management.
- Authors
Matejusová, Iveta; Bland, Fiona; Hall, Ailsa J.; Harris, Robert N.; Snow, Michael; Douglas, Alex; Middlemas, Stuart J.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims to develop Taqman quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays to know the sex and species of seals that are the source of scat around the coastline in Great Britain. The study uses two species-specific Taqman qPCR for both gray and harbor seal, targeting the interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) coding gene. It confirms that using polymorphisms in a variety of microsatellite loci gives insight to the population and ecology of seals.
- Subjects
POLYMERASE chain reaction; GRAY seal; HARBOR seal; HALICHOERUS; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR retinoid-binding protein
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 1, p186
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00543.x