A new primer set for sex identification in the genus Sorex (Soricidae, Insectivora)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-242

  Matsubara, K ^a   Ishibashi, Y ^a   Ohdachi, S ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

PCR; Sex identification; Shrew; Sorex; Soricidae; Sry HMG box

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242373465     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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