Low genetic variation in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from western Greenland using microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-679

  Holm, L E ^a,b   Forchhammer, M C ^b,c   Boomsma, J J ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle primers; Genetic variation; Microsatellites; Muskox primers; Muskoxen

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREENLAND; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033118207     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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