The use and abuse of microsatellite DNA markers in conservation biology

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-250

  Moss, Robert ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^b   Palmer, Stephen C F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; DNA; Drift; Extinction; Inbreeding; Microsatellite; MVP

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0037983751     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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