Micro satellite polymorphisms in a wild population of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-290

  England, Phillip R ^a   Briscoe, David A ^a   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; ANIMALIA;

ALLOENZYME; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029953763     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300033760     Document Type: Article

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