PCR primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 784-786

  Yassin, Yosuf A ^a   Heist, Edward J ^a   Ibrahim, Kamal M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert locust; Enriched library; Microsatellite; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33747400873     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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