Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A technique for sampling ancient DNA that minimizes damage to museum specimens

  • Published:
Conservation Genetics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Baker RJ (1994) Some thoughts on conservation, biodiversity, museums, molecular characters, systematics, and basic research. J. Mamm., 75, 277–287.

    Google Scholar 

  • Davis CS, Strobeck C (1998) Isolation, variability, and cross-species amplification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the family Mustelidae. Mol. Ecol., 7, 1771–1788.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fleming MA, Ostrander EA, Cook JA (1999) Microsatellite markers for American mink (Mustela vison) and ermine (Mustela erminea). Mol. Ecol., 8, 1351–1362.

    Google Scholar 

  • O'Connell M, Wright JM, Farid A (1994) Development of PCR primers for nine polymorphic American mink (Mustela vison) microsatellite loci. Mol. Ecol., 5, 311–312.

    Google Scholar 

  • Herrmann B, Hummel S, eds. (1994) Ancient DNA: Recovery and Analysis of Genetic Material from Paleontological, Archaeological, Museum, Medial, and Forensic Specimens. Springer-Verlag, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hillenius WJ (1992) The evolution of nasal turbinates and mammalian endothermy. Paleobiology, 18, 17–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoelzel AR, Fleischer RC, Campagna C, Le Boeuf B, Alvord G (2002) Impact of a population bottleneck on symmetry and genetic diversity in the northern elephant seal. J. Evol. Biol., 15, 567–575.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wisely SM, Fleming MA, McDonald DB, Buskirk SW, Ostrander EA (2002) Genetic diversity and fitness in black-footed ferrets before and during a bottleneck. J. Hered., 93, 231–237.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zar JH (1984) Biostatistical Analysis, 2nd edn. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Genetics Program, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20008, USA

    S.M. Wisely, J.E. Maldonado & R.C. Fleische

Authors
  1. S.M. Wisely
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J.E. Maldonado
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. R.C. Fleische
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S.M. Wisely.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Wisely, S., Maldonado, J. & Fleische, R. A technique for sampling ancient DNA that minimizes damage to museum specimens. Conservation Genetics 5, 105–107 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COGE.0000014061.04963.da

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COGE.0000014061.04963.da

Search

Navigation