Six new polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated and characterized from the African savannah elephant genome

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Nyakaana, Silvester ^a   Okello, John B A ^a   Muwanika, Vincent ^a   Siegismund, Hans R ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

African elephant; Loxodonta africana; Microsatellite markers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 20144365637     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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