A low rate of cross-species microsatellite amplification success in Ranid frogs

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 445-449

  Primmer, Craig R ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Heterologous amplification; Microsatellite; Rana

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FROG;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANIDAE; REPTILIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036032574     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020519218836     Document Type: Article

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