Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the tetraploid birch, Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-98

  Truong, C ^a   Palme A E ^b   Felber, F ^a   Naciri Graven, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopolyploidy; Genetic structure; Microsatellite markers; Mountain birch; Nonradioactive probes

Indexed keywords

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 14844342994     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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