High degree of conservation of nuclear microsatellite loci in the genus Clusia

Genome

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 946-950

  Hale, M L ^a   Borland, A M ^a   Wolff, K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusia; Cross species amplification; Microsatellite; Microsatellite evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSIA; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSIA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY;

CLUSIA MINOR; CLUSIA NEMOROSA;

EID: 33644524672     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G05-048     Document Type: Article

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