Conservation of locus-specific microsatellite variability across species: A comparison of two Drosophila sibling species, D. melanogaster and D. simulans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-184

  Harr, Bettina ^a   Zangerl, Barbara ^a   Brem, Gottfried ^a   Schlötterer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross species amplification; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila simulans; Microsatellite; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031910078     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025913     Document Type: Article

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