Maternal DNA From Egg-shells · Oct 17, 05:24 PM

Brant Faircloth

For an interesting read re: non-invasive sampling of maternal DNA from egg-shells (similar to some of Gillian's work), please see:

G. Schmaltz, C. M. Somers, P. Sharma, and J. S. Quinn. 2006. Non-destructive sampling of maternal DNA from the external shell of bird eggs. Conservation Genetics 7:543–549.

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