Microsatellite variation in two species of the genus Marmota (Rodentia, Sciuridae)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 29-36

  Kruckenhauser, Luise ^a   Haring, Elisabeth ^a   Pinsker, Wilhelm ^a  

^a Department of General Genetics ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Population genetics; Reduced variability; Reintroductions

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; RODENT; SATELLITE;

AUSTRIA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA VANCOUVERENSIS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0033511517     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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