Size and estimated age of genets in eelgrass, Zostera marina, assessed with microsatellite markers

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 519-525

  Reusch, T B H ^a,b   Stam, W T ^a   Olsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AGE; GENET; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032950088     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050492     Document Type: Article

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