Eight highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the army ant Eciton burchellii

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-236

  Denny, A Jay ^a   Franks, Nigel R ^a   Edwards, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Army ant; Eciton; Hymenoptera; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ECITON; ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2542466975     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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