Polymorphic microsatellites in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-433

  Tirard, Claire ^a   Helfenstein, Fabrice ^b   Danchin, Etienne ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Genetic variability; Kittiwake; Microsatellite; Rissa tridactyla; Seabird

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CLONE; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MATING SYSTEM; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ALCIDAE; AVES; LARIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; STERCORARIIDAE; STERCORARIUS; STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0036899778     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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