Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples
Non-invasive population genetics has become a valuable tool in ecology and conservation biology, allowing genetic studies of wild populations without the need to catch, handle or even observe the study subjects directly. We address some of the concerns regarding the limitations of using non-invasive...
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ftqueensubelpubl:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/e4a30a70-7785-454f-9071-db69ed16639b 2024-05-19T07:44:06+00:00 Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples Boston, Emma Puechmaille, Sebastien J. Scott, David Buckley, Daniel J. Lundy, Mathieu Montgomery, Ian W. Prodöhl, Paulo Teeling, Emma C. 2012-06-01 https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/e4a30a70-7785-454f-9071-db69ed16639b https://doi.org/10.3161/150811012X654259 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865726677&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/e4a30a70-7785-454f-9071-db69ed16639b info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Boston , E , Puechmaille , S J , Scott , D , Buckley , D J , Lundy , M , Montgomery , I W , Prodöhl , P & Teeling , E C 2012 , ' Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats : Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples ' , Acta Chiropterologica , vol. 14 , no. 1 , pp. 45-52 . https://doi.org/10.3161/150811012X654259 article 2012 ftqueensubelpubl https://doi.org/10.3161/150811012X654259 2024-05-02T00:15:14Z Non-invasive population genetics has become a valuable tool in ecology and conservation biology, allowing genetic studies of wild populations without the need to catch, handle or even observe the study subjects directly. We address some of the concerns regarding the limitations of using non-invasive samples by comparing the quality of population genetic information gained through DNA extracted from faecal samples and biopsy samples of two elusive bat species, Myotis mystacinus and Myotis nattereri. We demonstrate that DNA extracted from faeces and tissue samples gives comparable results for frequency based population genetic analyses, despite the occurrence of genotyping errors when using faecal DNA. We conclude that non-invasive genetic sampling for population genetic analysis in bats is viable, and although more labour-intensive and expensive, it is an alternative to tissue sampling, which is particularly pertinent when specimens are rare, endangered or difficult to capture. Article in Journal/Newspaper Myotis nattereri Queen's University Belfast Research Portal Acta Chiropterologica 14 1 45 52 |
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Non-invasive population genetics has become a valuable tool in ecology and conservation biology, allowing genetic studies of wild populations without the need to catch, handle or even observe the study subjects directly. We address some of the concerns regarding the limitations of using non-invasive samples by comparing the quality of population genetic information gained through DNA extracted from faecal samples and biopsy samples of two elusive bat species, Myotis mystacinus and Myotis nattereri. We demonstrate that DNA extracted from faeces and tissue samples gives comparable results for frequency based population genetic analyses, despite the occurrence of genotyping errors when using faecal DNA. We conclude that non-invasive genetic sampling for population genetic analysis in bats is viable, and although more labour-intensive and expensive, it is an alternative to tissue sampling, which is particularly pertinent when specimens are rare, endangered or difficult to capture. |
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Boston, Emma Puechmaille, Sebastien J. Scott, David Buckley, Daniel J. Lundy, Mathieu Montgomery, Ian W. Prodöhl, Paulo Teeling, Emma C. Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Boston, Emma Puechmaille, Sebastien J. Scott, David Buckley, Daniel J. Lundy, Mathieu Montgomery, Ian W. Prodöhl, Paulo Teeling, Emma C. |
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Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats:comparison of dna quality from faecal and tissue samples |
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Boston , E , Puechmaille , S J , Scott , D , Buckley , D J , Lundy , M , Montgomery , I W , Prodöhl , P & Teeling , E C 2012 , ' Empirical assessment of non-invasive population genetics in bats : Comparison of DNA quality from faecal and tissue samples ' , Acta Chiropterologica , vol. 14 , no. 1 , pp. 45-52 . https://doi.org/10.3161/150811012X654259 |
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