Pitfalls in determining size homoplasy of microsatellite loci

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 332-335

  Liepelt, S ^a   Kuhlenkamp, V ^a   Anzidei, M ^b   Vendramin, G G ^b   Ziegenhagen, B ^a  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abies alba; DNA polymerase slippage; DNA sequencing; PCR; Size homoplasy; SSRs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005227924     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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