Assessment of 17 new whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) microsatellite loci in 42 seabirds identifies 5-15 polymorphic markers for each of nine Alcinae species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Dawson, Deborah A ^a   Hunter, Fiona M ^a   Pandhal, Jagroop ^a   Buckland, Robert ^a   Parham, Andrew ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Bradshaw, Matthew ^a   Jehle, Robert ^a   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcinae; Auklet; Aves; Cross species utility; Laridae; Microsatellite; Seabird

Indexed keywords

AETHIA PYGMAEA; ALCA TORDA; ALLE ALLE; AVES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE;

EID: 20144384372     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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