Microsatellites in the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) from Zanzibar

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-110

  Emery, Aidan M ^a   Loxton, Nicola J ^a,b   Stothard, J Russell ^a   Jones, Catherine S ^b   Spinks, Jenny ^a   Llewellyn Hughes, Julia ^a   Noble, Leslie R ^b   Rollinson, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulinus globosus; East Africa; Freshwater snails; Genetic markers; Microsatellite; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0037344372     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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