Characterization of tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in a Lake Victorian, haplochromine cichlid fish: A Pundamilia pundamilia x Pundamilia nyererei hybrid

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 443-445

  Taylor, Martin I ^a   Meardon, Fiona ^a   Turner, George ^b   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c   Mrosso, Hilary D J ^c,d   Rico, Ciro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Haplochromine; Microsatellites; Pundamilia

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TETRANUCLEOTIDE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; CICHLID; GENETIC DATABASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; PUNDAMILIA; PUNDAMILIA PUNDAMILIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036899924     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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