Applying genomic data in wildlife monitoring: Development guidelines for genotyping degraded samples with reduced single nucleotide polymorphism panels
von Thaden, A.; Nowak, C.; Tiesmeyer, A.et al.
2020 • In Molecular Ecology Resources, 20 (3), p. 662-680
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von Thaden, A.; Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Nowak, C.; Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tiesmeyer, A.; Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Reiners, T. E.; Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Alves, P. C.; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO – Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States
Lyons, L. A.; Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
Mattucci, F.; Area per la Genetica della Conservazione, ISPRA, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
Randi, E.; Department BIGEA, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department 18/Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Cragnolini, M.; Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Biologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultät, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
Galián, J.; Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Hegyeli, Z.; “Milvus Group” Bird and Nature Protection Association, Tîrgu Mureş, Romania
Kitchener, A. C.; Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lambinet, Clotilde ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Zoogéographie
Lucas, J. M.; Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Mölich, T.; Landesverband Thüringen e.V., BUND für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND), Erfurt, Germany
Ramos, L.; CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO – Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Schockert, Vincianne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Zoogéographie
Cocchiararo, B.; Conservation Genetics Group, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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