Title: Non-invasive age estimation based on fecal DNA using
methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting for Indo-Pacific
bottlenose dolphins.
Runnning title: Non-invasive age estimation using fecal DNA
Authors: Genfu Yagi1, Huiyuan Qi2,
Kana Arai2, Yuki F. Kita3, Kazunobu
Kogi4, Tadamichi Morisaka1*, Motoi
Yoshioka1, Miho Inoue-Murayama2*
Corresponding authors: Tadamichi Morisaka
(chaka@bio.mie-u.ac.jp),
Miho Inoue-Murayama
(mailto:murayama.miho.5n@kyoto-u.ac.jp)
Affiliations: 1Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie
University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
2Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto,
Kyoto 606-8203, Japan.
3Department of Marine Biology and Sciences, School of
Biological Sciences, Tokai University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-8601,
Japan.
4 Mikurashima Tourism Association, Mikurajima, Tokyo
100-1301, Japan.
Keywords: DNA methylation, epigenetics, aging, Mikura Island, ecology,
demography