Drosophila virilis has long and highly polymorphic microsatellites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1641-1646

  Schlötterer, Christian ^a   Harr, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila virilis; Genome evolution; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033736054     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026263     Document Type: Article

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