Large mitochondrial repeats multiplied during the polymerase chain reaction

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 336-340

  Campbell, Nick J H ^a   Sturm, Richard A ^a   Barker, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; PCR instability; STR; VNTR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000603137     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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