Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the ponerine ant Ectatomma tuberculatum

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-637

  Poteaux, C ^a   Hora, R R ^a   Vautrin, D ^b   Fresneau, D ^a   Solignac, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ectatomma tuberculatum; Microsatellite markers; Microsatellite enriched library; Polygyny; Ponerine ant; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

ECTATOMMA; ECTATOMMA TUBERCULATUM; FORMICIDAE; GNAMPTOGENYS; GNAMPTOGENYS STRIATULA; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0344237136     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8278.2003.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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