Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for use in population genetic analysis in the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-155

  Villarreal, X ^a   Bricker, J ^b   Reinert, H K ^b   Gelbert, L ^a   Bushar, L M ^c  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c BEAVER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0029944462     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a022973     Document Type: Article

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