Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the freshwater gastropod, Biomphalaria glabrata, an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2149-2151

  Jones, Catherine S ^a   Lockyer, Anne E ^a   Rollinson, David ^b   Piertney, Stuart B ^a   Noble, Leslie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria glabrata; Freshwater snails; Genetic markers; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DNA ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033376278     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00802-5.x     Document Type: Article

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