Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague is one of the leading academic research facilities devoted to zoological research in the Czech Republic. The biorepository of the department is preserving material collected by the researchers of the department during their research projects.

Tissue and DNA Collection of Vertebrates

The collection contains tissue and extracted DNA samples of vertebrates, namely birds. The samples origin from wild animals (e.g. European free-living bird collection) as well as men-reared species, including parrots and chickens collected mainly in Europe from birds kept by hobby breeders. Tissue samples represent mainly blood, but part of the samples is derived from other tissues and feathers.
Related collections: Tissue and DNA Collection of Free-Living Birds of the Czech Republic"

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