Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from Galápagos lava lizards (Microlophus spp.)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-351

  Jordan, M A ^a,b   Hammond, R L ^b   Snell, H L ^c,d   Snell, H M ^c   Jordan, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enriched library; Gal pagos Islands; Microsatellites; Population structure; Tropiduridae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; MICROLOPHUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TRANSPOSONS; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 0036733320     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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