Abstract:Age is necessary information for the study of life history of wild
animals. A general method to estimate the age of odontocetes is counting
dental growth layer groups (GLGs). However, this method is highly
invasive as it requires the capture and handling of individuals to
collect their teeth. Recently, the development of DNA-based age
estimation methods has been actively studied as an alternative to such
invasive methods, of which many have used biopsy samples. However, if
DNA-based age estimation can be devel… Show more
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