Primers for the amplification of tri- and tetramer microsatellite loci in baleen whales

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 893-895

  Palsboll P J ^a,c   Berube M ^a,b   Larsen, A H ^a   Jorgensen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual identification; Population genetics; VNTR; Whales

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 0031238681     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1997.tb00146.x     Document Type: Article

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