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Molecular Identification of Small Mammal Species Using Novel Cytochrome b Gene-Derived Degenerated Primers

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Dörte Kaufmann, Anja Globig, Martin Kaatz, Henrike Gregersen, Johannes Lang, Matthias Wenk, Michael Noack, Egon Splisteser, Thorsten Menke, Lutz Ohlmeyer, Jens Jacob, Nicola Raden, Torsten Adam, Jona Freise, Hinrich Zoller, Dietrich Heidecke, Michael Stubbe, Hermann Ansorge, Hans-Joachim Pelz, Ralph-Udo Mühle, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Denny Maaz, Horst Schirrmeier, Wolfgang Wegener, Norbert Näther, and Wolf Splettstößer for providing tissue samples. H.S.A. acknowledges support by scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), desk number 413, Eastern and Southern Africa, code number A/09/90015.

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  1. Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, OIE Collaborating Centre for Zoonoses in Europe, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

    Mathias Schlegel, Hanan Sheikh Ali, Martin H. Groschup & Rainer G. Ulrich

  2. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation, Hannover, Germany

    Nicole Stieger

  3. Institute for Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Ronny Wolf

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Schlegel, M., Ali, H.S., Stieger, N. et al. Molecular Identification of Small Mammal Species Using Novel Cytochrome b Gene-Derived Degenerated Primers. Biochem Genet 50, 440–447 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-011-9487-8

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