Identification and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci for a member of the herpestidae (Mungos mungo)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-238

  Waldick, Ruth C ^a   Johnson, P ^b   Pemberton, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herpestidae; Meerkat; Microsatellites; Mongoose; Mungos mungo; Polymorphic

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; SURICATA SURICATTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038130579     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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