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Table 2 Success rates of DNA concentrations and mitochondrial (mt)DNA and chromo-helicase-DNA-binding (CHD) gene amplification

From: Noninvasive and nondestructive sampling for avian microsatellite genotyping: a case study on the vulnerable Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)

Sample type

DNA concentration (ng/µL)

Successful PCR amplifications

Species identification

Sex identification

Blood (n = 16)

252.16 ± 17.05

16 (100 %)

16 (100 %)

Plucked feathers (n = 31)

182.49 ± 7.95

31 (100 %)

31 (100 %)

Buccal swabs (n = 13)

86.69 ± 5.68

13 (100 %)

13 (100 %)

Eggshell swabs (n = 64)

27.20 ± 1.44

64 (100 %)

62 (96.88 %)

Shed feathers (n = 16)

13.59 ± 2.10

15 (93.75 %)

15 (100 %)

Feces (n = 19)

9.77 ± 1.83

13 (68.42 %)

11 (84.62 %)