AFLP to Assess Genetic Variation in Laboratory Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Razzoli, M ^a,b   Papa, R ^a   Valsecchi, P ^a   Marzano, F Nonnis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERBIL; INBRED STRAIN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0345831963     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esg097     Document Type: Article

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