Cross-species microsatellite amplification in South American Caimans (Caiman spp and Paleosuchus palpebrosus)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-78

  Zucoloto, Rodrigo Barban ^a,b   Villela, Priscilla Marqui Schimidt ^a   Verdade, Luciano Martins ^a   Coutinho, Luiz Lehmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alligatorinae; Crocodilians; Primers; SSR; STR

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CAIMAN YACARE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); PALEOSUCHUS PALPEBROSUS;

EID: 33645022502     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000100015     Document Type: Article

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