Microsatellite DNA markers for tuatara (Sphenodon spp.)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-185

  Aitken, Nicola ^a   Hay, Jennifer M ^a   Sarre, Stephen D ^a   Lambert, David M ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Microsatellite; Polymorphism; Reptilia; Sphenodontia; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042879972     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011810413024     Document Type: Article

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