Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the bushcricket Ephippiger ephippiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 905-906

  Hockham, L R ^a   Graves, J A ^a   Ritchie, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ephippiger ephippiger; Microsatellites; PCR; Sperm competition; Tettigoniid

Indexed keywords

DNA ISOLATION; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

EPHIPPIGER EPHIPPIGER;

EID: 0033062187     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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