Development and localization of microsatellite markers for the sibling species Chironomus riparius and Chironomus piger (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 915-917

  Nowak, Carsten ^a   Hankeln, Thomas ^b,c   Schmidt, Erwin R ^b,c   Schwenk, Klaus ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GENterprise GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Chironomus piger; Chironomus riparius; Microsatellite markers; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI PIGER; DIPTERA;

EID: 33747447424     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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