Isolation and characterization of microsatellite DNA loci from Ambystoma salamanders

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-479

  Croshaw, Dean A ^a,b   Schable, Nancy A ^a   Peters, Maureen B ^a   Glenn, Travis C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma opacum; Ambystoma talpoideum; Microsatellites; PCR primers; STR

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA;

EID: 23844519686     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-4989-8     Document Type: Article

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