Development of new microsatellite loci and evaluation of loci from other pinniped species for the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-465

  Wolf, Jochen B W ^a   Tautz, Diethard ^b   Caccone, Adalgisa ^c   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(AC) motif enrichment; Cross species amplification of microsatellite loci; Gal pagos sea lion; Microsatellite loci; Zalophus californianus wollebaeki

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS WOLLEBAEKI; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 33745043791     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9045-1     Document Type: Article

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