Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and their amplification in other Maculinea species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-168

  Zeisset, Inga ^a   Als, Thomas Damm ^b,d   Settele, Josef ^c   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Large blue butterfly; Maculinea; Microsatellite; Primers

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA ALCON; MACULINEA NAUSITHOUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 14844354135     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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