Versatile primers for the amplification of the mitochondrial DNA control region in marsupials

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1199-1201

  Fumagalli, Luca ^a   Pope, Lisa C ^a   Taberlet, Pierre ^a,b   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

D loop region; Marsupials; PCR; Primers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031437559     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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