Microsatellite isolation and characterization in the beneficial parasitoid wasp Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-603

  Macdonald, C ^a   Brookes, C P ^a   Edwards, K J ^b   Baker, D A ^c   Lockton, S ^d   Loxdale, H D ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconids; Diaeretiella rapae; Hymenoptera; Microsatellites; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; BRACONIDAE; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0344426161     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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