Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-29

  Liu, Zhijin ^a,b   Zhang, Baowei ^a,b   Wei, Fuwen ^a   Ming, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ailurus fulgens; Conservation; Microsatellite; Polymorphism; Red panda

Indexed keywords

AILURUS FULGENS; PANDA;

EID: 14844352644     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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