Technical Note: Rapid Method for Immobilization and Collection of Sea Turtle Muscle Biopsies for Electrophoresis
Gyuris E and Limpus C. 1986. Technical Note: Rapid Method for Immobilization and Collection of Sea Turtle Muscle Biopsies for Electrophoresis. Australian Wildlife Research. 13:333 - 334
There is a growing .interest in the use of electrophoretic methods in the study of population breeding structure and systematics of turtles (Smith et al. 1977; Frair 1982). For electrophoretic studies, blood can be readily sampled from turtles (Frair 1977; Owen and Ruiz 1980; A very and Vitt 1984). To increase the range of enzymes available for study, a simple method was sought for the sampling of solid tissue, which can be more useful in electrophoretic studies, from turtles. Solid tissues such as liver and muscle usually are obtained through surgical manipulation or the killing of the animal; we here describe a non-destructive and non-surgical technique for the collection of sea turtle muscle tissue.
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Gyuris, Emma; Limpus, Colin
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- SFCN
- Keywords
- Capture, experiment, procedure, Study