Species identification, molecular sexing and genotyping using non-invasive approaches in two wild bovids species: Bos gaurus and Bos javanicus
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20211.abs Since the second Indochina war, habitat destruction and overhunting has resulted in fragmentation of the remaining populations of Bos javanicus and B. gaurus. Nowadays, both species are in serious danger, especially the gaur. In Vietnam, where these species have become almost impossible to capture in the wild, non-invasive investigations are the only feasible […]
Differentiation of Castor fiber and Castor Canadensis by noninvasive molecular methods
Abstract 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:63.3.CO;2-6 The aim of the study was to develop a simple and reliable method for differentiation of the two phenotypic, very similar Eurasian and North American beavers. Hair bulbs were plucked as tissue samples from the fur of living animals. The mitochondrial cytochrome b locus was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. The […]
Crested gibbon (Hylobates [Nomascus]) identification using noninvasively obtained DNA
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.1430130411.abs The development of captive breeding programs for the crested gibbons (Hylobates [Nomascus]) of Indochina is hindered by the difficulty of sorting individuals into their correct species and subspecies groups. We describe taxon-specific DNA sequence variation in a 252-base pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, which can be used to identify individuals […]
Molecular identification of a Mandrillus hybrid using mitochondrial DNA
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.1430120406.abs The purity of the Melbourne Zoo mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) population has been questioned, based on the facial coloration of the female members. Consequently, it is believed that the original founding female of the Melbourne Zoo “mandrill” population was a drill–mandrill hybrid. This individual, whose mother was suspected to be a drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus), […]