Isolation of 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the North American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Sciuridae, Rodentia), and their cross-utility in other species

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 650-653

  Gunn, Melissa R ^a   Dawson, Deborah A ^a,b   Leviston, Andrew ^a   Hartnup, Katie ^a   Davis, Corey S ^c   Strobeck, Curtis ^c   Slate, Jon ^a   Coltman, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross species amplification; Microsatellite; North American red squirrel; Rodentia; Sciuridae; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 28344436769     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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