Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the columnar cactus: Polaskia chichipe and cross-species amplification within the Tribe Pachycereeae (Cactaceae)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-267

  Otero Arnaiz, A ^a   Cruse Sanders, J ^b   Casas, A ^a   Hamrick, J L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Dinucleotide repeats; Genetic structure; Molecular markers; Polymerase chain reaction; Simple sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; PACHYCEREEAE; POLASKIA CHICHIPE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2542442720     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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