Polymorphic microsatellites in white rhinoceros

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-345

  Florescu, A ^a   Davila, J A ^a,d   Scott, C ^a   Fernando, P ^b   Kellner, K ^c   Morales, J C ^b   Melnick, D ^b   Boag, P T ^a   Van Coeverden De Groot, P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Microsatellites; Polymorphism; Primer design; Rhinocerotidae; White rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

CERATOTHERIUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM SIMUM; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0042877016     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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