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Sex identification of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra by PCR typing of spraints

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  1. NERC Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK

    John F. Dallas

  2. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory Research Station, Glassel, Hill of Brathens, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 4BY, UK

    David N. Carss, Hans Kruuk & Philip J. Bacon

  3. NERC Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK

    Freda Marshall & Stuart B. Piertney

  4. Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1606, USA

    Klaus-Peter Koepfli

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Dallas, J.F., Carss, D.N., Marshall, F. et al. Sex identification of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra by PCR typing of spraints. Conserv Genet 1, 181–183 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026551510861

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