Evolutionary conservation and versatility of a new set of primers for amplifying the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions in insects and other invertebrates

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-585

  Ji, Ya Jie ^a   Zhang, De Xing ^a   He, Li Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Buthus scorpion; Insecta; ITS1 and ITS2 regions; Nuclear markers; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; BUTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344668627     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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