Five polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Great Plains toad, Bufo cognatus

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-10

  Gonzalez, Zorisadday ^a   Ray, David A ^b   McAliley, L Rex ^a   Gray, Matthew J ^a   Perchellet, Celine ^c   Smith, Loren M ^a   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Bufo cognatus; Microsatellites; Playas; Toad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO COGNATUS; REPTILIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1342309840     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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