Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their applicability to related species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-199

  Hufbauer, Ruth A ^a,b   Bogdanowicz, Steven M ^a   Perez, Luisa ^a   Harrison, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphidius; Braconidae; Introduction; Microsatellites; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345726682     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8278.2001.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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