Characterization of transferrin-linked microsatellites in brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 547-549

  Antunes, Agostinho ^a,b,c   Gharbi, Karim ^c,d   Alexandrino, Paulo ^a,b   Guyomard, René ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Brown trout; Gene duplication; Salmonids; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33646861436     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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