Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the Atlanto-Mediterranean colonial ascidian Pycnoclavella sp. (Ascidiacea, Tunicata)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 518-520

  Pérez Portela, Rocío ^a   Duran, Sandra ^a   Estoup, Arnaud ^b   Turon, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Colonial ascidians; Heterozygote deficiency; Microsatellites; Pycnoclavella

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; PYCNOCLAVELLA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 33646863282     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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