Characterization of microsatellite loci in Formica lugubris B and their variability in other ant species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 599-601

  Chapuisat, M ^a,b  

^a Musee de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

^b Inst de Zool et d'Ecologie Animale   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ants; Formica; Formicidae; microsatellites; single locus DNA markers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICA; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0030209408     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00354.x     Document Type: Article

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