Fecal DNA Analysis for Identifying Species and Sex of Sympatric Carnivores: A Noninvasive Method for Conservation on the Tsushima Islands, Japan

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Fecal samples were used for noninvasive DNA analysis of Japanese marten, feral cat, Siberian weasel, and leopard cat populations on Japan's Tsushima Islands. Genetic data is provided, and the method is deemed a useful tool in conservation and management of the four carnivore species.

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Independent Nonframeshift Deletions in the MC1R Gene Are Not Associated with Melanistic Coat Coloration in Three Mustelid Lineages

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Wolverine, marten, weasel, and badger species were used to examine genetic coat coloration processes. Repeated and biased occurrences of deletion events in wolverine and marten (the Martes/Gulo clade) were attributed to specific indel-neighboring motifs.

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Is a Large-Scale DNA-Based Inventory of Ancient Life Possible?

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The moa, an extinct bird of New Zealand, is used to demonstrate the use of cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) sequences to accurately identify species using a complete DNA-based inventory.

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