Characterization of hypervariable microsatellites in the cooperatively breeding white-browed sparrow weaver Plocepasser mahali

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 903-904

  McRae, Susan B ^a,b   Amos, William ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Microsatellite; PCR; Ploceidae; Plocepasser mahali; Primers; Weaverbird; White browed sparrow weaver

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; PLOCEINAE; PLOCEPASSER MAHALI;

EID: 0033136451     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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